the use of cianidanol corrects a lot of these disturbances , in that : a ) it can modify the receptor avidity of hepatocytes , b ) it reduces the cell-mediated immune reactivity against liver specific protein antigen , diminishing the auto-immune reactions in alcoholic liver disease , c ) it has no effect upon the conjugation process between the hepatocytes as target cells and cytotoxic effector cells , d ) it decreases , however , the number of hepatocytes damaged after the conjugation process , and e ) as a potent free-radical scavenger , it inhibits the cytotoxic effect of natural killer cells and monocytes , and in the same manner prevents the alteration of the hepatocyte membrane .
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