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Successful treatment of murine autoimmune cholangitis by parabiosis: Implications for hematopoietic therapy.
Journal of autoimmunity - 1 Jan 2016
Yang Jing-Bo, Wang Yin-Hu, Yang Wei, Lu Fang-Ting, Ma Hong-Di, Zhao Zhi-Bin, Jia Yan-Jie, Tang Wei, Tsuneyama Koichi, Ridgway William M, Gershwin M Eric, Lian Zhe-Xiong
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There is a significant unmet need in the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) despite significant data on the effector pathways that lead to biliary duct damage. We focused attention on a murine model of PBC, the dominant negative transforming growth factor β receptor II (Tg) mice. To further define the pathways that lead to biliary pathology in these mice, we developed Tg mice deleted of CD4 cells...
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