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Immunological and metabolic roles of hepatocytes. Hepatocytes perform a number of important immunological roles, in addition to their essential metabolic roles. These include: the production of plasma proteins such as clotting factors, complement and antimicrobial proteins; the production of acute phase proteins upon local or systemic infection; and antigen presentation to T cells within the liver.
