Immune Dysfunction in Cirrhosis
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Immune Dysfunction in Cirrhosis
Cirrhosis due to any etiology disrupts the homeostatic role of liver in the body. Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction leads to alterations in both innate and acquired immunity, due to defects in the local immunity of liver as well as in systemic immunity. Cirrhosis-associated immune dysfunction is a dynamic phenomenon, comprised of both increased systemic inflammation and immunodeficiency, ...
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Mailing address: Odilson Marcos Silvestre • Rua Oscar Freire, 1.967, apto. 10B, Pinheiros. Postal Code 05409-011, São Paulo – SP – Brazil E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Manuscript received April 16, 2013; manuscript revised April 16, 2013; accepted May 10, 2013.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2225-0719,2310-8819
DOI: 10.14218/jcth.2016.00056