High Levels of Soluble Ctla-4 Are Present in Anti-Mitochondrial Antibody Positive, but Not in Antibody Negative Patients with Primary Biliary Cirrhosis

• Daniele Saverino ,

  * E-mail: daniele.saverino@unige.it

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Medicine – Section of Human Anatomy, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Giampaola Pesce,

  Affiliation Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Princey Antola,

  Affiliation Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Brunetta Porcelli,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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• Ignazio Brusca,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Buccheri La Ferla Hospital, Palermo, Italy

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• Danilo Villalta,

  Affiliation Allergology and Clinical Immunology, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy

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• Marilina Tampoia,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital, Bari, Italy

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• Renato Tozzoli,

  Affiliation Clinical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, S. Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy

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• Elio Tonutti,

  Affiliation Immunopathology and Allergology Unit, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy

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• Maria Grazia Alessio,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Biochemistry Laboratory, Riuniti Hospital, Bergamo, Italy

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• Marcello Bagnasco,

  Affiliation Autoimmunity Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

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• Nicola Bizzaro

  Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, San Antonio Hospital, Tolmezzo, Udine, Italy

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