Title : B cell-mediated maintenance of CD 169 + cells is critical for liver regeneration

Kristina Behnke 1* , Yuan Zhuang 1* , Haifeng C. Xu 1 , Balamurugan Sundaram 1 , Maria Reich 2 , Prashant V. Shinde 1 , Jun Huang 1 , Nastaran Fazel Modares 4 , Alexei V. Tumanov 3 , Robin Polz 4 , Jürgen Scheller, Carl F. Ware, Klaus Pfeffer, Verena Keitel, Dieter Häussinger 2 , Aleksandra A. Pandyra 2 , Karl S. Lang 7+ , and Philipp A. Lang 1+ , # Department of Molecular Medicine II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany, 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany, 3 Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology II, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany, Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Research Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, 6 Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany,