Tissue-resident T cells in hepatitis B: A new target for cure?
2017 ◽
Vol 214
(6)
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pp. 1564-1566
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A hallmark of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the functional impairment and depletion of antiviral T cells. In this issue of JEM, Pallett et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20162115) identify a reservoir of functional HBV-specific T cells among liver-resident T cells.