2015
Antifibrotic Therapies in the Liver
Mehal W, Schuppan D. Antifibrotic Therapies in the Liver. Seminars In Liver Disease 2015, 35: 184-198. PMID: 25974903, PMCID: PMC5743222, DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1550055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntifibrotic therapyIdeal patient populationRegression of fibrosisBest noninvasive methodFibrolytic propertiesDose titrationClinical outcomesFibrosis regressionPulmonary fibrosisPatient populationCombination therapyLiver fibrosisIndividualized therapyEncouraging dataFibrotic responseTherapeutic targetDrug AdministrationFibrosisTherapyNoninvasive methodInterindividual heterogeneityCell populationsAntifibroticsLiverFibrolysis
2000
The liver as a site of T‐cell apoptosis: graveyard, or killing field?
Crispe I, Dao T, Klugewitz K, Mehal W, Metz D. The liver as a site of T‐cell apoptosis: graveyard, or killing field? Immunological Reviews 2000, 174: 47-62. PMID: 10807506, DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2002.017412.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdoptive TransferAnimalsAntigensApoptosisCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCell AdhesionEndothelium, VascularFas ReceptorHepatitis CHumansImmune ToleranceImmunophenotypingIntestinal AbsorptionKiller Cells, NaturalKupffer CellsLiverLiver CirculationLiver TransplantationLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte SubsetsMiceMice, TransgenicModels, ImmunologicalPortal VeinConceptsT cellsNatural killerT cell trappingNK T cellsPeripheral immune responsePortal vein infusionApoptotic T cellsT cell apoptosisNormal mouse liverPhenomenon of toleranceApoptotic CD8Liver allograftsOral toleranceHepatitis C.Lymphocyte populationsAntigenic cellsImmune responseLiver pathogensVein infusionClearance phaseLiver resultsLiverDirect perfusionMouse liverCell populations
1998
IL-18 augments perforin-dependent cytotoxicity of liver NK-T cells.
Dao T, Mehal W, Crispe I. IL-18 augments perforin-dependent cytotoxicity of liver NK-T cells. The Journal Of Immunology 1998, 161: 2217-22. PMID: 9725214, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.5.2217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsCytokinesCytotoxicity, ImmunologicHumansInterferon InducersInterferon-gammaInterleukin-18Jurkat CellsKiller Cells, NaturalLiverLymphoproliferative DisordersMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMice, KnockoutPerforinPore Forming Cytotoxic ProteinsT-Lymphocyte SubsetsT-Lymphocytes, CytotoxicTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsNK T cellsLiver NK T cellsIL-18NK cellsIntrahepatic lymphocyte subpopulationsNK cell activityPerforin-dependent cytotoxicityPerforin-dependent pathwayTNF-alpha productionSoluble TNF-alphaT cell linesLymphocyte subpopulationsCytotoxic cellsTNF-alphaT cellsCell activityExact mechanismNKCell populationsCell linesLiverCytotoxicityCellsCytokinesCTL