Identification and Characterization of Hepatitis B Virus-Specific T cells

Dr Lea Bartsch, of Massachussets General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, discusses her approach of using Pro5 Pentamers and ProT2 Tetramers in HBV infections. Explaining the T cell dysfunction caused by HBV that leads to the viral prevalence, with little ex vivo data avaliable on the function of HBV specific T cells, the use of Pentamers and Tetramers have enabled their group to chracterize the functionality of these T cells.