Mechanisms of tissue injury in autoimmune liver diseases

Seminars in Immunopathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 553-568

  Liaskou, Evaggelia ^a   Hirschfield, Gideon M ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Autoimmune hepatitis; Innate immunity; Primary biliary cirrhosis; Primary sclerosing cholangitis; T regulatory cells; Th17 cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASES; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES;

EID: 84930805025     PISSN: 18632297     EISSN: 18632300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00281-014-0439-3     Document Type: Review

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