Th17 cells regulate liver fibrosis by targeting multiple cell types: many birds with one stone

Gastroenterology. 2012 Sep;143(3):536-539. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.07.031. Epub 2012 Jul 24.

Authors

Bin Gao¹, Ari Waisman²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Liver Diseases, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. Electronic address: bgao@mail.nih.gov.
² Institute for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center of The Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. Electronic address: waisman@uni-mainz.de.

PMID: 22842060
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2012.07.031

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Hepatic Stellate Cells / immunology*
Humans
Inflammation Mediators / metabolism*
Interleukin-17 / metabolism*
Kupffer Cells / immunology*
Liver / immunology*
Liver Cirrhosis, Experimental / immunology*
Signal Transduction*

Substances

Il17a protein, mouse
Inflammation Mediators
Interleukin-17