Autoimmune Hepatitis
T cells in autoimmune hepatitis have individual and common recognition sites
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 19th, 2003
"Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is characterized by dense T-cell infiltrations in the liver tissue, but little is known how T cells influence the pathogenesis. To address this question, the distribution of T-cell receptor variable beta-chain (TCR Vbeta) transcripts of peripheral blood and liver-infiltrating T cells from previously untreated patients with newly diagnosed acute exacerbated AIH was investigated. Furthermore, the lengths and sequences of complementary-determining region 3 (CDR3) were studied," investigators in Germany reported.
"Reverse transcriptase-polymerase...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2003-05-19)
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