Hiromasa Ohira
Editor

2014

Perspectives from Japan

The liver is a unique organ that can induce immune tolerance but can also be affected by autoimmune disorders. For this book, we invited leading Japanese scientists in the field to outline recent advances in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), the two major autoimmune liver diseases caused by immune disorders. It is our great pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce to the world’s readers the current clinical approaches in treating AIH and PBC in Japan as well as various clinical challenges and research results.