immune system
• liver dendritic cells are inefficient at inducing proliferation of both allogenic T lymphocytes and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-enriched T lymphocytes, indicating that dendritic cells are impaired in inducing both innate and adaptive immune responses
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• mice exhibit decreased levels of cytokines interleukin-12p70, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, interferon-gamma, and interleukin-10 in the supernatants of allogenic mixed lymphocyte reaction cultures containing liver dendritic cells
• liver dendritic cells produce decreased level of proinflammatory cytokines (TNF-alpha, IFN-gamma, IL-6 and IL-12p70) when stimulated with viral and bacterial products
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liver/biliary system
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• mice do not develop hepatitis and instead model carriers of hepatitis B virus
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