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Bertus Eksteen

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary
Verified email at ucalgary.ca
Cited by 8339

Aberrant homing of mucosal T cells and extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease

DH Adams, B Eksteen - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2006 - nature.com
Active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is often associated with simultaneous inflammation
in the skin, eyes and joints. Inflammatory disease in the liver can also occur in patients with …

Impact of obesity on remission and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

…, GS Hazlewood, GG Kaplan, B Eksteen… - Arthritis care & …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To summarize the relationship between obesity and remission in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA); secondary objectives were to summarize other measures of treatment response …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of animal models for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC)

…, TH Karlsen, E Melum, A Kaser, B Eksteen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic cholangiopathy characterized by biliary
fibrosis, development of cholestasis and end stage liver disease, high risk of malignancy, and …

Generation of gut-homing IgA-secreting B cells by intestinal dendritic cells

JR Mora, M Iwata, B Eksteen, SY Song, T Junt… - Science, 2006 - science.org
Normal intestinal mucosa contains abundant immunoglobulin A (IgA)–secreting cells, which
are generated from B cells in gut-associated lymphoid tissues (GALT). We show that …

Small intestinal CD103+ dendritic cells display unique functional properties that are conserved between mice and humans

…, H Uronen-Hansson, O Pabst, B Eksteen… - The Journal of …, 2008 - rupress.org
A functionally distinct subset of CD103 + dendritic cells (DCs) has recently been identified in
murine mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) that induces enhanced FoxP3 + T cell differentiation…

Patient age, sex, and inflammatory bowel disease phenotype associate with course of primary sclerosing cholangitis

…, A Pares, CN Manser, GN Dalekos, B Eksteen… - Gastroenterology, 2017 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an orphan hepatobiliary
disorder associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to estimate the risk of …

Dense genotyping of immune-related disease regions identifies nine new risk loci for primary sclerosing cholangitis

…, RK Weersma, TJ Weismüller, B Eksteen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a severe liver disease of unknown etiology leading to
fibrotic destruction of the bile ducts and ultimately to the need for liver transplantation 1 , 2 , …

Hepatic Endothelial CCL25 Mediates the Recruitment of CCR9+ Gut-homing Lymphocytes to the Liver in Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

B Eksteen, AJ Grant, A Miles, SM Curbishley… - The Journal of …, 2004 - rupress.org
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a chronic inflammatory liver disease characterized by
progressive bile duct destruction, develops as an extra-intestinal complication of …

Genome-wide association study of primary sclerosing cholangitis identifies new risk loci and quantifies the genetic relationship with inflammatory bowel disease

…, KM Boberg, A Bergquist, S Vermeire, B Eksteen… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a rare progressive disorder leading to bile duct
destruction; ∼75% of patients have comorbid inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We undertook …

Distinct roles for CCR4 and CXCR3 in the recruitment and positioning of regulatory T cells in the inflamed human liver

…, S Shetty, J Harki, JC Shaw, B Eksteen… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.aai.org
Regulatory T cells (T regs) are found at sites of chronic inflammation where they mediate
bystander and Ag-specific suppression of local immune responses. However, little is known …