Recurrent hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation: natural course, therapeutic approach and possible mechanisms of viral control

Analysis of Successful Immune Responses in Persons Infected with Hepatitis C Virus

2000 • 1,270 citations

Long-Term Outcome of Hepatitis C Infection after Liver Transplantation

1996 • 986 citations

HCV-related fibrosis progression following liver transplantation: increase in recent years

2000 • 750 citations

Recurrence of hepatitis C virus after loss of virus-specific CD4+ T-cell response in acute hepatitis C

1999 • 716 citations

Natural History of Clinically Compensated Hepatitis C Virus–Related Graft Cirrhosis After Liver Transplantation

2000 • 553 citations

High Incidence of Allograft Cirrhosis in Hepatitis C Virus Genotype 1B Infection Following Transplantation: Relationship With Rejection Episodes

1999 • 547 citations

Predictors of patient and graft survival following liver transplantation for hepatitis C

1998 • 546 citations

Acute hepatitis C: high rate of both spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance1 1The Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and the European Union, as sponsors of the study, had no role in study design, data collection, analysis, or interpretation or in the writing and the decision to submit the report for publication.

2003 • 536 citations

Severe or multiple rejection episodes are associated with early recurrence of hepatitis C after orthotopic liver transplantation

1995 • 371 citations

Association of Hepatitis C Virus–Specific CD8⁺T Cells with Viral Clearance in Acute Hepatitis C

2000 • 362 citations

The course of hepatitis C virus infection after liver transplantation

1994 • 296 citations

Hepatitis C and liver transplantation

2001 • 285 citations

Analysis of causes of death in liver transplant recipients who survived more than 3 years

2001 • 276 citations

Pilot study of the combination of interferon alfa and ribavirin as therapy of recurrent hepatitis C after liver transplantation

1997 • 264 citations

Use of OKT3 is associated with early and severe recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation.

1997 • 259 citations

An open trial of interferon alfa recombinant for hepatitis C after liver transplantation: Antiviral effects and risk of rejection

1995 • 246 citations

Liver transplantation: Current status and novel approaches to liver replacement

2001 • 230 citations

Long-Term Survival After Retransplantation of the Liver

1997 • 213 citations

Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C: Recurrence and Disease Progression in 300 Patients

2000 • 192 citations

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Hepatitis C

1999 • 178 citations

Interferon-α therapy for hepatitis c virus infection after liver transplantation

1994 • 176 citations

IMPACT OF THE RECURRENCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION ON THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE GRAFT1

2002 • 163 citations

A randomized study comparing ribavirin and interferon alfa monotherapy for hepatitis C recurrence after liver transplantation

1998 • 156 citations

New therapeutic strategies for hepatitis C

2002 • 156 citations

INTERFERON-?? FOR PROPHYLAXIS OF RECURRENT VIRAL HEPATITIS C IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

1998 • 155 citations

Association of multispecific CD4+ response to hepatitis C and severity of recurrence after liver transplantation

1999 • 152 citations

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS VIREMIA

1997 • 146 citations

HEPATITIS C INFECTION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING LIVER RETRANSPLANTATION1,2

1998 • 129 citations

INTERFERON-?? AND RIBAVIRIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF RECURRENT HEPATITIS C AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION1

2001 • 104 citations

Liver-Derived Hepatitis C Virus(HCV)-Specific CD4+ T Cells Recognize Multiple HCV Epitopes and Produce Interferon Gamma

2000 • 96 citations

Hepatitis C viral infection in the immunosuppressed patient

1998 • 80 citations

Early cyclosporine monotherapy in liver transplantation: A 5-year follow-up of a prospective, randomized trial

1998 • 66 citations

Incidence and severity of acute allograft rejection in liver transplant recipients treated with alfa interferon

1998 • 45 citations

Hepatitis C Virus–Specific CD4⁺T Cell Response after Liver Transplantation Occurs Early, Is Multispecific, Compartmentalizes to the Liver, and Does Not Correlate with Recurrent Disease

2001 • 38 citations

Cytokine profile of liver- and blood-derived nonspecific T cells after liver transplantation: T helper cells type 1/0 lymphokines dominate in recurrent hepatitis C virus infection and rejection

2000 • 34 citations

Antiviral treatment of recurrent hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after liver transplantation: association of a strong, multispecific, and long-lasting CD4+ T cell response with HCV-elimination

2003 • 33 citations

Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in serum and peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with interferon alpha

1996 • 15 citations

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells are possible extrahepatic replication sites for hepatitis C virus.

2003 • 6 citations