Animal models of autoimmune liver diseases: a comprehensive review

SP Liu, ZH Bian, ZB Zhao, J Wang, W Zhang… - Clinical Reviews in …, 2020 - Springer
biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and … a lot with the introduction of
ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), which … AMA positive, with elevated serum IgM and IgG and ALP …

The Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Liver Diseases

AJ Kovalic, HL Bonkovsky - … and Management of Autoimmune Hepatitis: A …, 2020 - Springer
… (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosingUrsodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
remains one of the therapeutic … plasma and B-cell-induced IgM production [83]. The destruction …

The role of B cells in adult and paediatric liver injury

AM Patel, YS Liu, SP Davies, RM Brown… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
biliary liver diseases; primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) or … who do not respond to
ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) treatment … in PBC patients and hyper IgM production which may be …

Epigenetic modifications in generalized autoimmune epithelitis: Sjögren's syndrome and primary biliary cholangitis

P Arvaniti, K Zachou, A Lyberopoulou, NK Gatselis… - Epigenomes, 2019 - mdpi.com
IgM hypergammaglobulinemia and has been implicated in autoimmunity through three main
mechanisms: (i) a decrease … fact that hypomethylation of specific CpGs affects mostly genes …

Immunopathogenesis of vanishing bile duct syndromes

JM Vierling, M Braun, H Wang - The Pathophysiology of Biliary …, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
… T-cells in the autoimmune disease primary biliary cirrhosis and the … AMAs (primarily comprised
of IgM with substantial quantities … Treatment with ursodeoxycholic acid, polymixin B (which …

[HTML][HTML] Primary biliary cholangitis: pathogenic mechanisms

J Prieto, JM Banales, JF Medina - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… rather to ursodeoxycholic acid, a bile salt that induces HCO 3 − … PBC patients, including
development of AMA, increased IgM … a significant increase in CpG-cytosine methylation affecting …

Spleen and Liver

T Torimura - The Liver in Systemic Diseases, 2016 - Springer
… In patients with primary biliary cholangitis, circulating CXCR5 + and CD4 + T FH cells were
also decreased in number in responders to ursodeoxycholic acid … ligand CpG stimulated IgM

Reasons why women are more likely to develop primary biliary cholangitis

D Ma, J Ma, C Zhao, W Tai - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
… is reported to be primarily caused by sex hormones, environmental circumstances, and
epigenetic changes, each of which has a different subtle impact on patients' gender disparities. …

Primary Biliary Cholangitis Is Associated with CREST Syndrome

K Abe, H Ohira - … and Hepatic Manifestations of Rheumatic Diseases, 2019 - Springer
… In addition, ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) came into use, … increase in IgM production have
also been reported [24]. … lower AMA titers in the patients with PBC-CREST compared with the …

Single-cell mass cytometry on peripheral blood identifies immune cell subsets associated with primary biliary cholangitis

JS Jang, BD Juran, KY Cunningham, VK Gupta… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
… of cirrhosis, namely liver surface nodularity and decreased liver size 18 ; … Patient selection
included only female patients who tested AMA positive and were taking ursodeoxycholic acid