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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2020; 26(3): 353-365
Published online Jan 21, 2020. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v26.i3.353
Programmed cell death-1 inhibitor-related sclerosing cholangitis: A systematic review
Takumi Onoyama, Yohei Takeda, Taro Yamashita, Wataru Hamamoto, Yuri Sakamoto, Hiroki Koda, Soichiro Kawata, Kazuya Matsumoto, Hajime Isomoto
Takumi Onoyama, Yohei Takeda, Taro Yamashita, Wataru Hamamoto, Yuri Sakamoto, Hiroki Koda, Soichiro Kawata, Hajime Isomoto, Division of Medicine and Clinical Science, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Tottori prefecture 683-8504, Japan
Kazuya Matsumoto, Internal Medicine, Irisawa Medical Clinic, Shimane prefecture 690-0025, Japan
Author contributions: Onoyama T and Takeda Y contributed equally to the work; Matsumoto K and Isomoto H conceptualized and designed the review together with Onoyama T; Onoyama T, Yamashita T, Koda H, Hamamoto W, Sakamoto Y and Kawata S carried out the analysis; Onoyama T drafted the initial manuscript; all authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript as submitted.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Corresponding author: Takumi Onoyama, MD, PhD, Doctor, Division of Medicine and Clinical Science, Department of Multidisciplinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, 36-1 Nishi-cho, Yonago, Tottori prefecture 683-8504, Japan. golf4to@yahoo.co.jp
Received: November 23, 2019
Peer-review started: November 23, 2019
First decision: December 23, 2019
Revised: January 7, 2020
Accepted: January 11, 2020
Article in press: January 11, 2020
Published online: January 21, 2020
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Core tip: This study systematically reviewed the literature on the programmed cell death-1 inhibitor-related sclerosing cholangitis. Biliary dilation without obstruction, diffuse hypertrophy of the extrahepatic biliary tract and/or multiple strictures of intrahepatic biliary tract, liver dysfunction with a notable increase in biliary tract enzymes relative to hepatic enzymes, normal level of the serum immunoglobulin G4, and a moderate to poor response to steroid therapy, and CD8+ T cell infiltration in the biliary tract were clinical and pathological features of programmed cell death-1 inhibitor-related sclerosing cholangitis.