title: Is biliary atresia an immune mediated disease?
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, CHU Sainte-Justine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: fernando.alvarez@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alvarez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology*; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000276:immunology*
keywords: Animal model; BA; Bile duct; Biliary atresia; Cholestasis; DCs; NK; RRV; Rhesus rotavirus; T regulatory cells; TNF-α; Tregs; biliary atresia; dendritic cells; natural killer; tumor necrosis factor-alpha