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694A AASLD ABSTRACTS HEPATOLOGY, October, 2015<br />

Methods: Cells were isolated from explants of 20 HCV-infected<br />

patients undergoing liver transplantation. Blood was obtained<br />

prior to surgery. Liver and peripheral blood mononuclear cells<br />

(PBMCs) were analyzed by CyTOF, FACS, microarray, and<br />

multiplex cytokine assays with and without 4 hr stimulation with<br />

R848 (TLR7/8 agonist/single-stranded RNA mimic) or Poly<br />

I:C (TLR9 agonist/double-stranded RNA analogue). Results:<br />

CyTOF delineated monocytes/macrophages, DC, NK, T and<br />

B cell subsets and revealed that pDCs are the only liver or<br />

blood cell that produces IFNα. Cytokine assays showed that<br />

liver pDCs were primed for robust IFNα production: secreted<br />

levels increased from 0.8 to 344.7 pg/mL after 4 hrs of R848<br />

stimulation. This increase was much higher than that of blood<br />

pDCs, which increased production from 2.4 to 115 pg/mL,<br />

p

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