Biliary atresia: Cellular dynamics and immune dysregulation

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-200

  Feldman, Amy G ^a   Mack, Cara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Biliary atresia; Innate immunity; Neonatal cholestasis

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 8; VIRUS RNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA VIRUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BILIARY ATRESIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNITY, INNATE; REOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863842159     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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