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Heterogeneity of autoreactive T cell clones specific for the E2 component of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex in primary biliary cirrhosis.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Feb 1995
Van de Water J, Ansari A, Prindiville T, Coppel R L, Ricalton N, Kotzin B L, Liu S, Roche T E, Krams S M, Munoz S, Gershwin M E
Abstract excerpt
The extraordinary specificity of bile duct destruction in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and the presence of T cell infiltrates in the portal tracts have suggested that biliary epithelial cells are the targets of an autoimmune response. The immunodominant antimitochondrial response in patients with PBC is directed against the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDC-E2). Hitherto, there have only been limited...
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