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While most cytokine research has focused on cells of the immune system, other cell types produce cytokines including the epithelial cells of the lung [ 28 29 ] , retina [ 30 ] , and intestines [ 31 32 ] . Among the few studies involving the biliary system, it was demonstrated that cultured human intrahepatic duct epithelial cells produce functional IL-8 and MCP-1 (CCL2) [ 14 33 ] . Isolated human intrahepatic epithelial ducts expressed immunoreactive IL-6 when treated with IL-1β or phorbal myristate acetate [ 34 ] . Intracellular TNF-α mRNA and protein was detected in intrahepatic biliary duct cells in tissue sections [ 35 ] , but not in cultured intrahepatic epithelial cells; therefore, there was no clear demonstration that biliary epithelium secretes TNF-α.
Our own institutional data have shown that previously drained patients with tumors causing proximal or distal obstruction of the biliary tree who undergo surgical resection or surgical bypass suffer increased intraoperative blood loss [ 12], as well as increased postoperative infectious complications [ 13, 14, 15, 16].
hepatomegaly) to well proven cases of liver disease [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 28 ] . Denko in 1960 reported that 12% of patients with SS had hepatosplenomegaly [ 29 ] . Other studies done in the 1960's also confirmed hepatomegaly in 18-20% of patients with SS [ 30 31 ] . In 1970, Whaley reported liver disease in 6% of patients with SS and mentioned an association with anti-mitochondrial antibodies [ 2 ] . In 1986, Tsianos and co-workers described 22 SS patients with gastrointestinal complications, called from a large cohort; only two patients had liver disease, each with chronic active hepatitis [ 4 ] . Other studies have reported variable prevalence [ 3 28 ] and different histopathological findings in liver biopsies ranging from cholestatic liver damage (stage I primary biliary cirrhosis) to chronic active hepatitis due to hepatitis C virus.
Little research has focused on the ability of the epithelial cells of the extrahepatic biliary system to produce cytokines or chemokines.
In contrast, basolateral secretion of TNF-α could lead to a focal accumulation of TNF-α in the sub-mucosa of biliary tissue.
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