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IL-17A Produced by    T Cells Plays a Critical Role in Innate Immunity against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in the Liver

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Autophagy in immunity and inflammation

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Genome-wide association study identifies 12 new susceptibility loci for primary biliary cirrhosis

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The autoimmunity of primary biliary cirrhosis and the clonal selection theory

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A mouse model of autoimmune pancreatitis with salivary gland involvement triggered by innate immunity via persistent exposure to avirulent bacteria

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Long-term bacterial exposure can trigger nonsuppurative destructive cholangitis associated with multifocal epithelial inflammation

(2010) Ikuko Haruta et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Variants at IRF5-TNPO3, 17q12-21 and MMEL1 are associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

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Genome-wide meta-analyses identify three loci associated with primary biliary cirrhosis

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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Associated withHLA, IL12A,andIL12RB2Variants

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Microanatomy of the liver immune system

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Liver Autoimmunity Triggered by Microbial Activation of Natural Killer T Cells

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A possible role of histone-like DNA-binding protein of Streptococcus intermedius in the pathogenesis of bile duct damage in primary biliary cirrhosis

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Bacteria and Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

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Environmental factors and the induction of autoimmunity in primary biliary cirrhosis

(2008) Carlo Selmi et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Biliary epithelial cells and primary biliary cirrhosis: The role of liver-infiltrating mononuclear cells

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Primary biliary cirrhosis following lactobacillus vaccination for recurrent vaginitis

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Autoimmune liver serology: Current diagnostic and clinical challenges

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Etiopathogenesis of primary biliary cirrhosis

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