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Recently primed CD8+ T cells entering the liver induce hepatocytes to interact with naïve CD8+ T cells in the mouse.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 May 2004
Dikopoulos Nektarios, Wegenka Ursula, Kröger Andrea, Hauser Hansjörg, Schirmbeck Reinhold, Reimann Jörg
Abstract excerpt
Large number of T cells traffic through the liver. In order to examine the effects of such traffic on the phenotype of hepatocytes, we vaccinated mice using DNA vaccines encoding antigens with MHC class I-binding epitopes. Small numbers of activated CD8(+) T blasts (10(5)-10(6)/liver) changed the surface phenotype and cytokine expression profile of hepatocytes (HCs). HCs upregulate surface expression of major...
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