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Urinary tract infection as a risk factor for autoimmune liver disease: From bench to bedside
(2012)
Autoimmune liver diseases include autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis. A variety of environmental and genetic risk factors have been associated with these conditions. ...
Sex Differences Associated with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
(2012)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a cholestatic liver disease of autoimmune origin, characterised by the destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts. The disease has an unpredictable clinical course but may progress to ...
Potential Roles for Infectious Agents in the Pathophysiology of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: What's New?
(2013)
Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a progressive cholestatic liver disease serologically characterized by the presence of high-titer antimitochondrial antibodies and, histologically by chronic nonsuppurative cholangitis ...
Familial primary biliary cirrhosis: Like mother, like daughter?
(2012)
The reasons underlying why autoimmune diseases overwhelmingly affect women more than men are not clear. Nor are the reasons why autoimmune disease is more prevalent in families. This review uses primary biliary cirrhosis ...
Asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) as target autoantigen in liver autoimmunity: Lost and found
(2012)
Asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR) has attracted the attention of liver immunologists for many years. This liver-specific lectin was found to be a major B and T cell autoantigenic target in patients with autoimmune liver ...