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Long Term Intravital Multiphoton Microscopy Imaging of Immune Cells in Healthy and Diseased Liver Using CXCR6.Gfp Reporter Mice
Published on: March 24, 2015
Dendritic cells and liver fibrosis
Adeeb H Rahman1, Costica Aloman
1Division of Liver Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Dendritic cells are a relative rare population of specialized antigen presenting cells that are distributed through most lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues and play a critical role in linking the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system. The liver contains a heterogeneous population of dendritic cells that may contribute to liver inflammation and fibrosis through a number of mechanisms. This review summarizes current knowledge on the development and characterization of liver dendritic cells and their potential impact on liver fibrosis. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Fibrosis: Translation of basic research to human disease.
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