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Human intrahepatic ILC2 are IL-13positive amphiregulinpositive and their frequency correlates with model of end stage liver disease score.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Jeffery Hannah C, McDowell Patrick, Lutz Philipp, Wawman Rebecca E, Roberts Sheree, Bagnall Chris, Birtwistle Jane, Adams David H, Oo Ye Htun
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INTRODUCTION: Innate lymphoid cells (ILC) have been implicated in the initiation of inflammation and fibrosis in mice. However, ILC have not been characterized in inflamed human liver tissue. METHODS: Human intrahepatic lymphocytes were isolated by mechanical digestion and phenotyped by flow cytometry. Conditioned medium from cultures of primary human biliary epithelial cells, stellate cells, fibroblasts and...
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