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Intra-Hepatic Depletion of Mucosal-Associated Invariant T Cells in Hepatitis C Virus-Induced Liver Inflammation.
Gastroenterology - 1 Nov 2017
Bolte Fabian J, O'Keefe Ashley C, Webb Lauren M, Serti Elisavet, Rivera Elenita, Liang T Jake, Ghany Marc, Rehermann Barbara
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Chronic hepatitis affects phenotypes of innate and adaptive immune cells. Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are enriched in the liver as compared with the blood, respond to intra-hepatic cytokines, and (via the semi-invariant T-cell receptor) to bacteria translocated from the gut. Little is known about the role of MAIT cells in livers of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)...
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