title: Liver tolerance mediated by antigen presenting cells: fact or fiction?
abstract: Possible mechanisms by which liver antigen presenting cells (APC) may facilitate tolerance induction are discussed. Tolerance may be facilitated by a distinctive combination of factors, linked to the unique anatomical and microenvironmental features of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Creus
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000276:immunology*; D014181:Transplantation Immunology