Cured HCV patients with suboptimal hepatitis B vaccine response exhibit high self-reactive immune signatures.
Ming-Ju ZhouChao ZhangYuan-Jie FuHaiyan WangYingjie JiXia HuangLin LiYe WangSong QingYanze ShiLili ShenYou-Yuan WangXiao-Yu LiYuan-Yuan LiSi-Yuan ChenCheng ZhenRuonan XuMing ShiFu-Sheng WangYongqian ChengPublished in: Hepatology communications (2023)
Our data suggest that cured HCV patients exhibit persistent perturbations in the adaptive immune system, among which highly self-reactive immune signatures may contribute to a suboptimal hepatitis B vaccine response.