New insights in understanding biliary atresia from the perspectives on maternal microchimerism

New insights in understanding biliary atresia from the perspectives on maternal microchimerism

Biliary atresia (BA) is a fibroinflammatory cholangiopathy and portal venopathy. It is of unknown etiology and is associated with systemic immune dysregulation, in which the first insult begins before birth. Maternal microchimerism is a naturally occurring phenomenon during fetal life in which mater...

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Main Authors: Toshihiro Muraji, Ryuta Masuya, Toshio Harumatsu, Takafumi Kawano, Mitsuru Muto, Satoshi Ieiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
biliary atresia
GVHD
maternal microchimerism
Treg
IL-6
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2022.1007987/full

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