Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Is a Generalized Autoimmune Epithelitis

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Is a Generalized Autoimmune Epithelitis

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic progressive autoimmune cholestatic liver disease characterized by highly specific antimitochondrial antibodies (AMAs) and the specific immune-mediated injury of small intrahepatic bile ducts. Unique apoptotic feature of biliary epithelial cells (BECs) may...

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Main Authors: Jun Gao, Liang Qiao, Bingyuan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-03-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
primary biliary cirrhosis
biliary epithelial cell
salivary gland epithelial cell
uroepithelium
apoptosis
senescence
mucosal immunity
epithelitis
genetics
epigenetics
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/3/6432

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