Velimir Luketic

Presence of intrahepatic (total and ccc) HBV DNA is not predictive of HBV recurrence after liver transplantation See Editorial on Page 1084

Hussain, Munira, Soldevila-Pico, Consuelo, Emre, Sukru, Luketic, Velimir, Lok, Anna S.F.

Previous studies reported that hepatitis B virus (HBV) deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) can be detected in livers of patients who received transplants for hepatitis B despite the absence of serological...

Identification of HLA-A2–restricted CD8+ Cytotoxic T Cell Responses in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: T Cell Activation Is Augmented by Immune Complexes Cross-Presented by Dendritic Cells

Kita, Hiroto, Lian, Zhe-Xiong, Van De Water, Judy, He, Xiao-Song, Matsumura, Shuji, Kaplan, Marshall, ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is characterized by an intense biliary inflammatory CD4+ and CD8+ T cell response. Very limited information on autoantigen-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)...