Current and Emerging Treatments for Autoimmune Hepatitis – Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Ethan M. Weinberg, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania G & H What is the current understanding of autoimmune hepatitis and its pathogenesis? EW Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a composite of diseases marked by immune dysregulation targeting hepatocytes in the absence of infection. This immune dysregulation leads to inflammation in the liver. Clinically, this is seen as