Liver immunology and its role in inflammation and homeostasis

MW Robinson, C Harmon, C O'Farrelly - Cellular & molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
The human liver is usually perceived as a non-immunological organ engaged primarily in
metabolic, nutrient storage and detoxification activities. However, we now know that the …

Immunology in the liver—from homeostasis to disease

F Heymann, F Tacke - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2016 - nature.com
The liver is a central immunological organ with a high exposure to circulating antigens and
endotoxins from the gut microbiota, particularly enriched for innate immune cells …

Multifaceted role of neuropilins in the immune system: potential targets for immunotherapy

S Roy, AK Bag, RK Singh, JE Talmadge… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Neuropilins (NRPs) are non-tyrosine kinase cell surface glycoproteins expressed in all
vertebrates and widely conserved across species. The two isoforms, such as neuropilin-1 …

Modulation of liver tolerance by conventional and nonconventional antigen-presenting cells and regulatory immune cells

AK Horst, K Neumann, L Diehl, G Tiegs - Cellular & molecular …, 2016 - nature.com
The liver is a tolerogenic organ with exquisite mechanisms of immune regulation that ensure
upkeep of local and systemic immune tolerance to self and foreign antigens, but that is also …

[HTML][HTML] The yin and yang of evasion and immune activation in HCC

OV Makarova-Rusher, J Medina-Echeverz, AG Duffy… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Current systemic treatment options for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are
limited to sorafenib. With the recent FDA approval of the second PD1-PD-L1 pathway …

Functional classification of memory CD8+ T cells by CX3CR1 expression

JP Böttcher, M Beyer, F Meissner, Z Abdullah… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Localization of memory CD8+ T cells to lymphoid or peripheral tissues is believed to
correlate with proliferative capacity or effector function. Here we demonstrate that the …

Immunological functions of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells

PA Knolle, D Wohlleber - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2016 - nature.com
Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) line the liver sinusoids and separate passenger
leukocytes in the sinusoidal lumen from hepatocytes. LSECs further act as a platform for …