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Cholangiocytes express CD1d and present antigens to NKT cells and CD1d expression is down-regulated in diseased biliary epithelium, findings which show that the biliary epithelium can activate an important lymphocyte subset of the liver. This is a potentially important immune pathway in the biliary system, which may be capable of regulating inflammation in the context of biliary disease.
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