Functional Contribution of Elevated Circulating and Hepatic Non-Classical CD14⁺CD16⁺ Monocytes to Inflammation and Human Liver Fibrosis

• Henning W. Zimmermann,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Sebastian Seidler,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Jacob Nattermann,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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• Nikolaus Gassler,

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Claus Hellerbrand,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

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• Alma Zernecke,

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Jens J. W. Tischendorf,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Tom Luedde,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Ralf Weiskirchen,

  Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Christian Trautwein,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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• Frank Tacke

  * E-mail: frank.tacke@gmx.net

  Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

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