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Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2009; 15(10): 1201-1208
Published online Mar 14, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.1201
Figure 1
Figure 1 Alcohol (ethanol) reduces antigen presentation on HCV-infected liver cells. HCV interferes with the capacity of professional antigen presenting cells (APC) to prime the immune response. Ethanol (EtOH) further dysregulates antigen presentation, suppressing both MHC class I-restricted antigen presentation on infected hepatocytes and MHC class II-restricted antigen presentation on APC.