Autoimmune liver diseases and SARS-CoV-2
Costantino Sgamato, Alba Rocco, Debora Compare, Stefano Minieri, S.A. Marchitto, Simone Maurea, Gerardo Nardone
Abstract
manifestation of immune-mediated liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) or AIH/PBC overlap syndrome. Different case series of an AIH-like syndrome with a good prognosis after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination have been described. Although the causal link between SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and AIH cannot be definitively established, these reports suggest that this association could be more than coincidental.
Topics & Concepts
Autoimmune hepatitisImmunologyMedicineImmune systemMolecular mimicryAutoimmunityCoronavirusHepatitisDiseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Infectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineLiver Diseases and ImmunityLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentHepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology