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Relationship between T-lymphocyte cytokine levels and sero-response to hepatitis B vaccines

Vijayakumar Velu, Shanmugam Saravanan, Subhadra Nandakumar, Esaki M. Shankar, A Vengatesan, Suresh Jadhav, Prasad S. Kulkarni, Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan

World Journal of Gastroenterology · 2008 · 36 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Our findings suggest that unresponsiveness to recombinant hepatitis B vaccines (rHB) is multifactorial, including specific failure of antigen presentation or the lack of both T helper Th1 and Th2 response.

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