Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with expansion and activation of CD4+CD28−, Th22 and Tfh and B lymphocytes

Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is associated with expansion and activation of CD4+CD28−, Th22 and Tfh and B lymphocytes

Abstract Peripheral inflammation acts synergistically with hyperammonemia in inducing neurological alterations in cirrhotic patients with minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). We hypothesized that appearance of MHE would be associated to some specific qualitative change in peripheral inflammation. T...

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Main Authors: Alba Mangas-Losada, Raquel García-García, Amparo Urios, Desamparados Escudero-García, Joan Tosca, Remedios Giner-Durán, Miguel Angel Serra, Carmina Montoliu, Vicente Felipo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05938-1

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05938-1

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