Mucosal‐associated invariant T‐cell frequency and function in blood and liver of HCV mono‐ and HCV/HIV co‐infected patients with advanced fibrosis

Mucosal‐associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are important innate T cells with antimicrobial and immunoregulatory activity, recently found to be depleted in blood of patients with HIV and HCV mono‐infections. In this study, we assessed the impact of HIV, HCV and HCV/HIV co‐infection on circulating and intrahepatic MAIT‐cells and correlations with liver fibrosis.

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