Article
T cell receptor gene rearrangements of T lymphocytes infiltrating the liver in chronic active hepatitis B and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC): oligoclonality of PBC-derived T cell clones.
European journal of immunology - 1 Apr 1990
Moebius U, Manns M, Hess G, Kober G, Meyer zum Büschenfelde K H, Meuer S C
Abstract excerpt
Immunological events are involved in the pathophysiology of chronic active hepatitis as indicated from the accumulation of T lymphocytes at the site of tissue damage. We generated T cell clones from liver biopsies of 3 patients with chronic active hepatitis B and 2 patients with primary biliary cirrhosis. These T cell clones (n = 84) were analyzed by means of T cell receptor (TcR) beta gene rearrangements to...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Autoimmune Diseases
- CD4 Antigens
- CD8 Antigens
- Clone Cells
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- Hepatitis, Chronic
