Researchers Close on Possible Cause Of Autoimmune Liver Disease

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Researchers Close In On Possible Cause Of

Autoimmune Liver Disease

A bacteria commonly found in soil and water triggered autoimmune symptoms

in mice similar to those found in an incurable liver disease called Primary

Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). Reporting their findings in

the May 15 Cell Host & Microbe,

the multi-institutional research team said injecting laboratory mice with the

bacterium - Novosphingobium aromaticivorans - prompted activation of Natural

Killer T (NKT) cells, which were critical to initiating autoimmune processes

that led to liver disease.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/107595.php

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