期刊
PATHOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
卷 56, 期 1, 页码 17-24出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2006.01913.x
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biliary epithelial cells; CD4(+)CD28(-) cell; innate immunity; intra-epithelial lymphocytes; intrahepatic biliary tree
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Distribution of intra-epithelial lymphocytes along intrahepatic biliary tree (bIEL), and their density and phenotype were examined in normal and diseased livers, particularly in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Immunohistochemically, bIEL were examined in 28 normal livers, 13 cases of chronic viral hepatitis (CVH), 13 cases of PBC, five cases of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), seven cases of extrahepatic biliary obstruction (EBO), and 16 hepatolithiatic livers. In normal livers, bIEL were relatively dense at large and septal bile ducts compared to interlobular ducts. Most of them were positive for CD3 and CD8, while a few were positive for CD4, CD20 and CD57. In CVH, PSC and EBO, neither distribution, phenotype nor density of bIEL differed from normal liver. In hepatolithiasis, numbers of CD8(+)bIEL were increased in stone-containing ducts. In PBC, numbers of CD4(+)CD28(-)bIEL, which are reportedly responsible for target tissue destruction in autoimmune diseases, were markedly increased in damaged interlobular ducts. In conclusion, CD3(+)CD8(+)bIEL may be involved in immune homeostasis of intrahepatic bile ducts in normal livers and in CVH, PSC and EBO. Altered distribution and phenotypes of bIEL in PBC and hepatolithiasis may reflect their participation in biliary lesions. Increased CD4(+)CD28(-)bIEL in damaged bile ducts of PBC may be related to immune-mediated biliary damage.
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