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Signal transduction pathways mediating neurotensin-stimulated interleukin-8 expression in human colonocytes.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 30 Nov 2001
Zhao D, Keates A C, Kuhnt-Moore S, Moyer M P, Kelly C P, Pothoulakis C
Abstract excerpt
Neurotensin (NT), a neuropeptide released in the gastrointestinal tract in response to several stimuli, is involved in the pathophysiology of colonic inflammation. However, the molecular mechanism(s) mediating this proinflammatory response remains unclear. We found that NCM460, non-transformed human colonocytes, express a functional high affinity NT receptor that mediates NT-induced Erk activation. By using...
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