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SUBMITTER: Takeda K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2504811 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takeda Kazuyoshi K Kojima Yuko Y Ikejima Kenichi K Harada Kenichi K Yamashina Shunhei S Okumura Kyoko K Aoyama Tomonori T Frese Steffen S Ikeda Hiroko H Haynes Nicole M NM Cretney Erika E Yagita Hideo H Sueyoshi Noriyoshi N Sato Nobuhiro N Nakanuma Yasuni Y Smyth Mark J MJ Okumura Ko K
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080730 31
Chronic cholestasis often results in premature death from liver failure with fibrosis; however, the molecular mechanisms contributing to biliary cirrhosis are not demonstrated. In this article, we show that the death signal mediated by TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) receptor 2/death receptor 5 (DR5) may be a key regulator of cholestatic liver injury. Agonistic anti-DR5 monoclonal antibody treatment triggered cholangiocyte apoptosis, and subsequently induced cholangitis and cholest ...[more]