title: Treatment of autoimmune liver disease: current and future therapeutic options.
abstract: Autoimmune liver disease spans three predominant processes, from the interface hepatitis of autoimmune hepatitis to the lymphocytic cholangitis of primary biliary cirrhosis, and finally the obstructive fibrosing sclerotic cholangiopathy of primary sclerosing cholangitis. Although all autoimmune in origin, they differ in their epidemiology, presentation and response to immunosuppressive therapy and bile acid based treatments. With an ongoing better appreciation of disease aetiology and pathogenesis, treatment is set ultimately to become more rational. We provide an overview of current and future therapies for patients with autoimmune liver disease, with an emphasis placed on some of the evidence that drives current practice.
authors: Centre for Liver Research and NIHR Biomedical Research Unit, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors: Palak J
authors: PJ
authors: Trivedi
authors: Gideon M
authors: GM
authors: Hirschfield
keywords: aetiology; autoimmune hepatitis; autoimmune liver disease; pathogenesis; primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; treatment
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