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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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1994-01-01
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| Series: | Mediators of Inflammation |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935194000013 |
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| Summary: | 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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| ISSN: | 0962-9351 1466-1861 |