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SUBMITTER: Liu T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6175998 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Tianlong T Xiao Peng P Li Ruiwen R She Ruiping R Tian Jijing J Wang Jingyuan J Mao Jingjing J Yin Jun J Shi Ruihan R
Frontiers in microbiology 20181002
Recently, mechanism study of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has attracted an increasing attention because of the growing rate of the acute hepatitis caused by the virus over the world. As an important initiate in the inflammation, mast cells (MCs) play a critical role in maintaining a healthy physiology. However, the function of the MCs in the acute hepatitis caused by HEV is still unclear. In the present study, mongolian gerbils infected by HEV were used as an animal model to evaluate the ro ...[more]