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. 2021 Dec 17;9(12):2607. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9122607

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Restoration and induction of HBV specific T cells. Therapeutic vaccines consist of various HBV antigens which are processed by APCs. These APCs present the antigens either to new T cells inducing their function or exhausted T cells restoring their function (Left). Check point inhibitors block the interaction of PD-1 with PD-L1 thus boosting T cells function (Right).