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Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper is protective in Th1-mediated models of colitis.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2009
Cannarile Lorenza, Cuzzocrea Salvatore, Santucci Luca, Agostini Massimiliano, Mazzon Emanuela, Esposito Emanuela, Muià Carmelo, Coppo Maddalena, Di Paola Rosanna, Riccardi Carlo
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inflammatory bowel diseases are relatively common diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The relative therapeutic efficacy of glucocorticoids used in inflammatory bowel diseases resides in part in their capability to inhibit activity of nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), a transcription factor central to the inflammatory process, and the consequent production of T-helper 1 (Th1)-type...
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