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Autoimmune hepatitis: Possible triggers, potential treatments
Johannes Herkel1,*, Antonella Carambia1,*, Ansgar W. Lohse1,*
1I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg,Germany
*Corresponding authors. Address: I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52. 20246 Hamburg, Germany. Tel.: (+49) 40 7410 -59736 or -53910, fax: (+49) 40 7410 58531.
E-mail addresses: jherkel@uke.de (J. Herkel), a.carambia@uke.de (A.Carambia), alohse@uke.de (A.W. Lohse).
APC
Autoreactive
CD4 cell
2
Auto-immune
3 response • Ex vivo Treg expansion
Auto- Immune
antigens mediators • IL-2
Treg
TGFβ > Impairment?
IL-10
> APC type? CD39 > Role of unconventional Treg?
...
> Functional state?
1 Sporadic cell damage
Damage-inducing
Damage
Damage-indind
4 3 responses
effector resp
B cell DC Macrophage
APC Autoreactive
A
Th1 cell
Intrinsic triggers TNF,
TN F, IL-12 TNF, IFNγ
CD8 NK NKT
Auto-antibodies
PHYSIOLOGICAL, > Dysregulated immune cell activity 2
> Pathogenic role?
> Dysregulated cytokine production IL-1β IL-12
SELF-LIMITED Auto-immune
Auto-im
mm
mune
PC response
respoon
nse
Monocyte Neutrophile
AUTO-IMMUNITY Auto-antigens Immune
> Dominant auto-antigens? mediators
TNF
TN
TNF
NF
PRF1
IFNγ
IF Nγ
GZMB
Anti-CD19, anti-CD20
Increased
Incr
reased
d
dama
age
e
1 cell damage 5 AIH
Antigen-specific
tolerance induction Anti-cytokine
e.g. anti-TNF
Although the majority of autoreactive T lymphocytes are deleted PATHOLOGICAL, SELF-PERPETUATING
in an immature state in the thymus, this process is not complete.
Some autoreactive lymphocytes are part of the mature repertoire AUTO-IMMUNITY IN AIH
of every individual and appear to be an essential part of immune
homeostasis.
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