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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 6, Pages 1657-1669Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2022.08.018
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structural immunology; cholangiocytes; macrophages; innate lymphocytes; unconventional T cells
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This review provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging knowledge on immunobiology of the biliary tract system, with a specific emphasis on the role of distinct immune cells in biliary disorders.
The biliary tract is a complex tubular organ system spanning from the liver to the duodenum. It is the site of numerous acute and chronic disorders, many of unknown origin, that are often associated with cancer development and for which there are limited treatment options. Cholangiocytes with proinflammatory capacities line the lumen and specialised types of immune cells reside in close proximity. Recent tech-nological breakthroughs now permit spatiotemporal assessments of immune cells within distinct niches and have increased our understanding of immune cell tissue residency. In this review, a comprehensive overview of emerging knowledge on the immunobiology of the biliary tract system is provided, with a particular emphasis on the role of distinct immune cells in biliary disorders. (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Association for the Study of the Liver. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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