Hepatitis C Virus Protects Human B Lymphocytes from Fas-Mediated Apoptosis via E2-CD81 Engagement

• Zhihui Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhihui Chen, Yongzhe Zhu, Yanli Ren

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China, Department of Infectious Diseases, Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Yongzhe Zhu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhihui Chen, Yongzhe Zhu, Yanli Ren

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Yanli Ren ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhihui Chen, Yongzhe Zhu, Yanli Ren

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Yimin Tong,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Xian Hua,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Fenghui Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Libin Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Yuan Liu,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Yuan Luo,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Wei Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Ping Zhao ,

  * E-mail: qizt@smmu.edu.cn (ZQ); pnzhao@163.com (PZ)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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• Zhongtian Qi

  * E-mail: qizt@smmu.edu.cn (ZQ); pnzhao@163.com (PZ)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Biodefense, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

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