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SUBMITTER: Glavind E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7331244 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Orphanet journal of rare diseases 20200702 1
<h4>Background</h4>Macrophages play a significant role in liver disease development and progression. The macrophage activation marker soluble (s)CD163 is associated with severity and prognosis in a number of different acute and chronic liver diseases but has been only sparsely examined in Wilson's disease (WD). We investigated sCD163 levels in patients with acute and chronic WD and hypothesized associations with liver disease phenotype and biochemical markers of liver injury.<h4>Methods</h4>We i ...[more]