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. 2021 May 5;10(5):1107. doi: 10.3390/cells10051107
2-OADCs 2-oxo dehydrogenase complex
AE2 anion exchanger 2
AMAs antimitochondrial antibodies
ATRA all-trans retinoic acid
Bas bile acids
BDL bile duct ligation
BECs biliary epithelial cells
CCA Cholangiocarcinoma
CCl4 C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 4
dnTGFβRII dominant-negative form of TGF-β receptor type II
ECM secrete extracellular matrix
EMT epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
FUT2 glycocalyx stabilising enzyme fucosyltransferase 2
UDCA ursodeoxycholic acid
FZD1 Frizzled 1
GWAS genome-wide association study
HCC hepatocellular carcinoma
Hes1 hairy and enhancer of split-1
Hh Hedgehog
HLA human leukocyte antigen
HNFs hepatocyte nuclear factors
HSCs hepatic stellate cells
IBD inflammatory bowel disease
IFNg interferon gamma
IL-12 interleukin 12
IL-6 interleukin 6
JAG2 jagged canonical notch ligand 2
JNKs c-Jun N-terminal kinases
LRP5/6 low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein5/6
MAIT mucosal-associated invariant T cells
MRC magnetic resonance cholangiography
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NTPD2 ecto-ATPase nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-2
OCA obeticholic acid
PBC primary biliary cholangitis
PC primary cilium
PDC-E2 pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
PFs portal fibroblasts
PLD polycystic liver disease
PSC primary sclerosing cholangitis
p75NTR p75 neurotrophin receptor
SOX4 SRY-box transcription factor 4
SOX9 SRY-box transcription factor 9
TGF-β transforming growth factor beta
TGR5 Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5
TNF-α tumour necrosis factor-α
UDCA ursodeoxycholic acid
YAP1 Yes-associated protein 1
αSMA α-smooth muscle actin