The Role of Cytokines in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Cytokines play an important role in the development and persistence of the inflammatory lesions seen in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This review discusses the current thinking of the role of cytokines in chronic intestinal inflammation including the involvement of immunoregulatory cy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Radford-Smith, G., Jewell, D. P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1994
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367017/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18472916
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935194000013
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Sumario:Cytokines play an important role in the development and persistence of the inflammatory lesions seen in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This review discusses the current thinking of the role of cytokines in chronic intestinal inflammation including the involvement of immunoregulatory cytokines within the Th1 and Th2 subsets.

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