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Session 143  Poster Abstracts
Immunopathogenesis of Hepatitis C Infection
Tuesday, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Poster Hall
      845 TLR Ligand-dependent PDC Activation of Naïve CD4 Cells Is Impaired in HCV Infection
Nicole Yonkers*1, B Rodriguez1,2,3, K Milkovich1, R Asaad2,3, P Heeger1,4, M Lederman1,2,3, and D Anthony1,5
1Case Western Reserve Univ, Cleveland, OH, US; 2Ctr for AIDS Res, Cleveland, OH, US; 3Univ Hosp of Clevland, OH, US; 4Cleveland Clin Fndn, OH, US; and 5VAMC, Cleveland, OH, US
      846

CD4+ Cell Increase in HCV-co-infected Patients on Successful HAART Is Associated with HCV Genotype in a Large Observational Cohort
Renato Maserati*1, C Tinelli1, D Ripamonti2, N Ladisa3, N Marino4, C Gulisano1, L Sighinolfi5, P Mondello6, M Migliorino7, G Carosi8, and Master Cohort
1IRCCS Policlin San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; 2Hosp Riuniti, Bergamo, Italy; 3Policlin Hosp, Bari, Italy; 4ASL Florence, Italy; 5Azienda Ospedaliera S Anna, Ferrara, Italy; 6Inst Ospedalieri, Cremona, Italy; 7Hosp di Circolo, Busto Arsizio, Italy; and 8Univ degli Studi, Brescia, Italy
      847 Co-infection with Hepatitis C Virus Increases Lymphocyte Apoptosis in HIV-infected Patients
Marina Nuñez*, V Soriano, M López, C Ballesteros, A Cascajero, J González-Lahoz, and J Benito
Hosp Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
      848

Decreased Fas Expression on Natural Killer Cells in GBV-C Co-infected HIV-1 Patients
Maren Moenkemeyer*, H Heiken, and R Schmidt
Hannover Med Sch, Germany
      849

Interactions between Injection Drug Use and Alcohol on Antigen-specific Cellular Immune Responses in HIV/HCV and HCV Infection
Camilla Graham*1, J Park1, E Edwards2, D Nunes3, S Stuver2, J Samet3, P Skolnik3, S Tumilty3, R Horsburgh2, and M Koziel1
1Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr and Harvard Med Sch, Boston, MA, US; 2Boston Univ Sch of Publ Hlth, MA, US; and 3Boston Univ Sch of Med, MA, US
      850

Effect of HIV Co-infection and Treatment with Pegylated Interferon + Ribavirin on Hepatitis C Virus-specific Immune Responses
Laura Capa*, V Soriano, J García-Samaniego, M Romero, M Nuñez, C De Mendoza, A Cascajero, N Zahonero, J González-Lahoz, and J Benito
Hosp Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
      851 Functional and Phenotypic Characterization of HCV-specific CD4+ and CD8+ T Cells in HCV and HIV/HCV Infections
Valerie Dutoit*, D Comte, and G Pantaleo
Ctr Univ Hosp Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland