Primary biliary cholangitis: a comprehensive overview

A Lleo, S Marzorati, JM Anaya, ME Gershwin - Hepatology international, 2017 - Springer
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is an autoimmune liver disease characterized by biliary
destruction, progressive cholestasis, and potentially liver cirrhosis. Patients develop a well …

Rodent models of cholestatic liver disease: A practical guide for translational research

E Gijbels, A Pieters, K De Muynck, M Vinken… - Liver …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cholestatic liver disease denotes any situation associated with impaired bile flow
concomitant with a noxious bile acid accumulation in the liver and/or systemic circulation …

Suppression of a broad spectrum of liver autoimmune pathologies by single peptide-MHC-based nanomedicines

CS Umeshappa, S Singha, J Blanco, K Shao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Peptide-major histocompatibility complex class II (pMHCII)-based nanomedicines displaying
tissue-specific autoantigenic epitopes can blunt specific autoimmune conditions by re …

The effects of trained innate immunity on T cell responses; clinical implications and knowledge gaps for future research

DM Murphy, KHG Mills, SA Basdeo - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The burgeoning field of innate immune training, also called trained immunity, has given
immunologists new insights into the role of innate responses in protection against infection …

The challenges of primary biliary cholangitis: What is new and what needs to be done

BT Beretta-Piccoli, G Mieli-Vergani, D Vergani… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an uncommon, chronic, cholangiopathy of
autoimmune origin and unknown etiology characterized by positive anti-mitochondrial …

The genetics of primary biliary cholangitis: a GWAS and post-GWAS update

Y Hitomi, M Nakamura - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic, progressive cholestatic liver disease in which
the small intrahepatic bile ducts are destroyed by autoimmune reactions. Among …

Obesity intensifies sex-specific interferon signaling to selectively worsen central nervous system autoimmunity in females

B Cordeiro, JJ Ahn, S Gawde, C Ucciferri… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Obesity has been implicated in the rise of autoimmunity in women. We report that obesity
induces a serum protein signature that is associated with T helper 1 (Th1), interleukin (IL) …

Autoimmunity affecting the biliary tract fuels the immunosurveillance of cholangiocarcinoma

J Paillet, C Plantureux, S Lévesque… - Journal of Experimental …, 2021 - rupress.org
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) results from the malignant transformation of cholangiocytes.
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) are chronic …

The effects of androgens on T cells: clues to female predominance in autoimmune liver diseases?

L Henze, D Schwinge, C Schramm - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The immune system responds differently in women and in men. Generally speaking, adult
females show stronger innate and adaptive immune responses than males. This results in …

The contribution of B cells in autoimmune liver diseases

SA Taylor, DN Assis, CL Mack - Seminars in liver disease, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Autoreactive B cells can promote autoimmunity through antigen presentation to autoreactive
T cells, production of autoantibodies, generation of cytokines promoting T cell activation and …