Chemokine expression in IBD. Mucosal chemokine expression is unselectively increased in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease

Banks, Charmian; Bateman, Adrian; Payne, Richard; Johnson, Penny; Sheron, Nick

doi:10.1002/path.1245

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Chemokine expression in IBD. Mucosal chemokine expression is unselectively increased in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease

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Authors:

Charmian Banks

Adrian Bateman

Richard Payne

Abstract

Abstract Mucosal changes in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are characterized by ulcerative lesions accompanied by prominent cellular infiltrates in the bowel wall. Chemokines are chemotactic cytokines that are able to promote leukocyte migration to areas of inflammation and are also able to initia...

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