Autoimmune hepatitis. Part A: pathogenesis

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Autoimmune hepatitis is a consequence of a triggering antigen and genetic factors that favor the presentation of autoantigens, polymorphisms that affect immunocyte activation and durability, cytokine alterations that promote proliferation of liver-infiltrating cytotoxic T cells, and perturbations in the number and function of immune-regulatory cell populations, including T regulatory cells and natural killer T...

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