Deregulation of Regulatory T Cells in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Rat Model

• Main Authors: Shunlan Ni (Author), Shanshan Li (Author), Naibin Yang (Author), Xinyue Tang (Author), Shengguo Zhang (Author), Danping Hu (Author), Mingqin Lu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aims. Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) and acute liver failure (ALF) are similar in many respects during their acute exacerbation; however, ACLF generally has a poorer prognosis. We aimed to investigate the role and dynamic changes of regulatory T cell (Treg) and T helper 17 (Th17) cell proport...