| Literature DB >> 27468206 |
René Fahrner1, Felix Dondorf1, Michael Ardelt1, Utz Settmacher1, Falk Rauchfuss1.
Abstract
Liver transplantation has become the treatment of choice for acute or chronic liver disease. Because the liver acts as an innate immunity-dominant organ, there are immunological differences between the liver and other organs. The specific features of hepatic natural killer (NK), NKT and Kupffer cells and their role in the mechanism of liver transplant rejection, tolerance and hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury are discussed in this review.Entities:
Keywords: Graft rejection; Ischemia-reperfusion injury; Kupffer cells; Liver transplantation; Natural killer cells
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27468206 PMCID: PMC4945975 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i27.6135
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742