Translational Research
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 68-79 , August 2010

Initial burst of viremia related to CD8 effector memory T cells after living donor liver transplantation in hepatitis C virus-infected recipients

  • Yasutsugu Takada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazue Ozawa

      Affiliations

    • Hepatic Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kazue Ozawa, Hepatic Disease Research Institute, Honmachi-15chyome-754-1, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroto Egawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Satoshi Teramukai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Trial Design and Management, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Akira Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshimi Kaido

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Mureo Kasahara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Kohei Ogawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Masako Ono

      Affiliations

    • Hepatic Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Sato

      Affiliations

    • Division of Bioscience, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan
    • ,
  • Koichi Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Hyogo, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinji Uemoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Received 18 November 2009 ,Revised 6 June 2010 ,Accepted 8 June 2010.

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 Supported by grants 13204041, 13307038, 15390394, and 19390332 from the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan.

PII: S1931-5244(10)00117-9

doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2010.06.002

Translational Research
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 68-79 , August 2010

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