Article
Sinusoidal lymphocytes of liver graft may limit the recurrence of hepatic tumor in liver transplant recipients.
Annals of transplantation - 1 Jan 1998
Durowicz S, Dłuzniewska J, Laszuk D, Olszewski W L, Lukomska B
Abstract excerpt
The liver immune function is associated with specific lymphocyte population transiently marginated in the liver sinusoids. These cells are of blood origin, however they are phenotypically and functionally different from peripheral blood lymphocytes. The question arises whether tumor proliferating in the liver can modify cell recruitment and function of marginating sinusoidal lymphocytes. Studies were performed in...
Topics
- Animals
- Liver
- Liver Neoplasms
- Liver Transplantation
- Lymphocytes
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Recurrence
