Infectious Agents in the Pathogenesis of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic progressive cholestatic liver disease which is characterized by the breakdown of self-tolerance to the highly conserved pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, specially the pyruvate dehydrogenase E2 complex (PDC-E2). The breakdown of the tolerance to such antige...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2010-01-01
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Series: | Disease Markers |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/DMA-2010-0771 |