Foxp3 Expression in Liver Correlates with the Degree but Not the Cause of Inflammation

• Principais autores: Matthaios Speletas (Autor), Nikoletta Argentou (Autor), Georgios Germanidis (Autor), Themistoclis Vasiliadis (Autor), Konstantinos Mantzoukis (Autor), Kalliopi Patsiaoura (Autor), Pavlos Nikolaidis (Autor), Vaios Karanikas (Autor), Konstantinos Ritis (Autor), Anastasios E. Germenis (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: Hindawi Limited, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Patients with chronic viral hepatitis display increased expression of Foxp3 in liver, suggesting that Tregs expansion contributes to persistent infection. The purpose of this study was to elucidate whether the expression of Foxp3 relates not to the viral infection but to the resulting liver inflamma...