… /macrophages and other myeloid cells. In this review we discuss our current understanding
of Kupffer cells, and assess their role in the regulation of anti-viral immunity and disease …

… In inflammatory states with hepatocellular damage such as virus hepatitis, chronic active
hepatitis and primary biliary cirrhosis, there is enhanced Kupffer cell activity (39, 85, 125). It is …

… viral hepatitis (where liver damage is triggered, as during viral hepatitis in humans, by
virus-specific CD8 T cells… affect the pathogenic potential of virus-specific CD8 T cells. Instead, KCs …

… Kupffer cells may be implicated in the pathogenesis of various liver diseases including viral
hepatitis, … paper, suggesting that Kupffer cells may act both as effector cells in the destruction …

… in acute viral hepatitis. We identified that during infection with DNA-encoded viruses, type
1 … of monocyte-derived Kupffer cells. This points to new therapeutic strategies for acute …

… Studies on the role of KCs in viral hepatitis are beneficial to the body of knowledge on this
disease, and can help us not only to get a better understanding of the pathogenesis of HBV/…

… parenchymal and a sinusoidal lining cell. The principal object … in viral hepatitis occurred in
endothelial or parenchymal cells. … cell type,3 we have treated the terms sinusoidal lining cell, …

… infection is not dependent on lymphocytes, NK, or Kupffer cells, we hypothesized that the
TRAIL receptor/ligand system is a paracrine mechanism of hepatocytes against virally infected …

… In this paper we show that in viral hepatitis most Kupffer cells (… the phenotype of professional
antigen presenting cells (APCs). … The positivity of activated KCs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) …

… network, where hepatocytes are separated from blood passing through the sinusoids by
stellate cells, LSECs, and Kupffer cells. Interestingly, LSECs and lymphatic endothelial …