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Reduced numbers of CD8+ T cells and B cell-expression of Leu-8 antigen in peripheral blood of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jun 1994
Moreno-Otero R, Civeira M P, Suou T, Kanof M E, James S P, Jones E A
Abstract excerpt
The presence of Leu-8 antigen, the human homologue of the murine MEL-14 peripheral lymph node homing receptor, defines subsets of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) with different functions. Since it has been suggested that abnormal function of Leu-8 subsets may contribute to the immunopathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), this study was undertaken to define whether abnormal expression of the...
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