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: G. Radford-Smith, D. P. Jewell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1994-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935194000013
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spelling doaj-art-e71d612256e84e19afea6d996eb8af112025-08-20T03:26:10ZengWileyMediators of Inflammation0962-93511466-18611994-01-01313910.1155/S0962935194000013The Role of Cytokines in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseG. Radford-Smith0D. P. Jewell1Gastroenterology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UKGastroenterology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UKCytokines 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0962935194000013
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