Juan R. Larrubia

The Role of Virus-Specific Cd8+ Cells in Liver Damage and Viral Control during Persistent Hepatitis B Virus Infection

Maini, Mala K., Boni, Carolina, Lee, Chun Kyon, Larrubia, Juan R., Reignat, Stephanie, Ogg, Graham S., ...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a noncytopathic virus, and the recognition of infected hepatocytes by HBV-specific CD8 cells has been assumed to be the central mechanism causing both liver damage and...

Role of chemokines and their receptors in viral persistence and liver damage during chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Larrubia, Juan R, Benito-Martínez, Selma, Calvino, Miryam, Parra-Cid, Trinidad

Chemokines produced in the liver during hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection induce migration of activated T cells from the periphery to infected parenchyma. The milieu of chemokines secreted by...