Hepatitis Pathogenesis
Hepatitis pathogenesis requires tumor necrosis factor family molecule LIGHT
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 29th, 2006
"LIGHT is an important costimulatory molecule for T cell immunity. Recent studies have further implicated its role in innate immunity and inflammatory diseases, but its cellular and molecular mechanisms remain elusive.
"We report here that LIGHT is upregulated and functions as a proinflammatory cytokine in 2 independent experimental hepatitis models, induced by concanavalin A and Listeria monocytogenes," wrote S. Anand and colleagues, Johns...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-05-29)
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