Microanatomy of the liver immune system

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-343

  Nemeth, Eszter ^a   Baird, Alan W ^a   O'Farrelly, Cliona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hepatic innate immunity; Invariant NKT cells; Natural killer cells; Natural killer receptors (NKR); T regulatory cells

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE MODEL; GRANULOCYTE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MACROPHAGE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MACROPHAGES; NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS; RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 70349569485     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-009-0173-4     Document Type: Review

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