Hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury is one of the main complications in liver transplantation and complex liver resection surgery. Therefore, prevention and treatment of hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury have become a hotspot between domestic and overseas researchers. Previous study has demonstrated that neutrophil and Kupffer cells are the major immune cells that are involved in the pathogenesis of hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury. However, recent studies show that T lymphocytes play an important role in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury. This paper will make a brief review of the role and mechanism of T lymphocytes subsets in hepatic ischemia and reperfusion injury.

T-Lymphocytes; Liver; Reperfusion injury