Extrahepatic autoimmunity in autoimmune liver disease.
The most important autoimmune liver disease include: autoimmune hepatitis, primary biliary cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis. In general, about one in three patients with an autoimmune liver disease have a concomitant extrahepatic autoimmune disease, which may include rheumatological, endocrinological, gastrointestinal, pulmonary or dermatological conditions. The pathogenesis of these conditions includes the production of both innate and adaptive immune responses targeting cholangiocytes as well as different extrahepatic tissues. In this sense, extrahepatic autoimmunity represent a continuous spectrum of autoimmunity involving liver and extrahepatic tissues. This review aims to focus the clinical and pathophysiological aspects of extrahepatic autoimmunity associated to autoimmune liver diseases.
['Floreani|Annarosa|A|', 'De Martin|Sara|S|', 'Secchi|Maria Francesca|MF|', 'Cazzagon|Nora|N|']
D001327:Autoimmune Diseases D015551:Autoimmunity D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing D019693:Hepatitis, Autoimmune D006801:Humans D008099:Liver D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary
Autoimmunity Autoimmune hepatitis Primary biliary cholangitis Primary sclerosing cholangitis