Research Papers: A Disorder of The Liver Immune System in Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis
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Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,#,Yingxiongshan Road,Jinan City,China,;Department of microbiology,Institute of Basic medicine,Shandong Academy of medical Sciences,Jinan,China,Department of microbiology,Institute of Basic medicine,Shandong Academy of medical Sciences,Jinan,China,Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,#,Yingxiongshan Road,Jinan City,China,Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,#,Yingxiongshan Road,Jinan City,China

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This work was supported by grants from The National Natural Science Foundation of China (81500710), Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation (ZR 2013HQ039), Projects of Medical and Health Technology Development Program in Shandong Province (2015WS0194), The Science and Technology Program from Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences (2015-25) and Innovation Project of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences

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    Uveitis is a recurrent inflammatory disease that can lead to immune system dysfunction and multiple organ injuries. However, whether uveitis causes liver functional damage is still unclear. Herein, by using flow cytometry and confocal, we investigated the pathological and functional changes of liver in an experimental autoimmune model of uveitis (EAU). Hepatic damage was observed at the inflammatory stage of uveitis and was associated with severity of eye damage. Moreover, the expression of CD3+CD4+ T cells, CD3-NK1.1+DX5- NK cells, and CD11b+F4/80-Ly6c+ cells were increased in the inflamed eye and liver. Furthermore, the pathological damage of EAU and hepatic impairment were aggravated after transferring CD3+CD4+ T cells into EAU mice. Additionally, vascular dilation and infiltration of CD3+CD4+ T cells were found in the eyes and livers of EAU mice. In conclusion, our findings suggest that liver injury could occur in EAU. This liver injury may be associated with increased CD3+CD4+ T cells, which may infiltrate into liver through circulatory system.

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LIN Wei, SONG Nan-Nan, Wang Bei-Bei, BI Hong-Sheng.Research Papers: A Disorder of The Liver Immune System in Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2017,44(12):1083-1094

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  • Received:July 23,2017
  • Revised:September 07,2017
  • Accepted:September 20,2017
  • Online: December 19,2017
  • Published: December 20,2017