The liver as an immunological organ
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Vito Racanelli; Barbara Rehermann
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## **The liver is a unique anatomical and immunological site in which antigen-rich blood from the gastrointestinal tract is pressed through a network of sinusoids and scanned by antigen-presenting cells and lymphocytes. The liver's lymphocyte population is selectively enriched in natural killer an