[12] Autoimmune hepatitis type 3 [13,14] is characterized by autoantibodies against a soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas (SLA/LP) identified as UGA-suppressor serine transfer RNA (tRNA)-protein ...
or prominent changes suggestive of another disease Interface hepatitis, moderate to severe No biliary lesions, granulomas, or prominent changes suggestive of another disease AIH = autoimmune ...
Chronic hepatitis C infection can lead to autoimmune disease through a "perfect storm" of mutations in B cells, rather than the previously believed mechanism of molecular mimicry.
Standard immunosuppressive therapy, consisting of prednisone and azathioprine, is ineffective in 10–20% of patients with autoimmune hepatitis. Inductivo-Yu and colleagues, therefore ...