Article
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells: a new type of organ-resident antigen-presenting cell.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 2001
Limmer A, Knolle P A
Abstract excerpt
The induction of peripheral immune tolerance in the liver is a well-known phenomenon that is operative in different situations, such as tolerance to organ transplants and tolerance to oral antigens. The mechanisms leading to peripheral immune tolerance in the liver are still incompletely understood. While different cell populations of the liver have been implicated in and probably contribute in concert to the...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigen Presentation
- Antigen-Presenting Cells
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Liver
- Phenotype