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Phenotypic change and accumulation of smooth muscle cells in strictures in Crohn's disease: relevance to local angiotensin II system.
Journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2010
Suekane Takehisa, Ikura Yoshihiro, Watanabe Kenji, Arimoto Junko, Iwasa Yoko, Sugama Yoshimi, Kayo Soichiro, Sugioka Kenichi, Naruko Takahiko, Maeda Kiyoshi, Hirakawa Kosei, Arakawa Tetsuo, Ueda Makiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Intestinal stricture lesions in Crohn's disease are characterized as submucosal fibromuscular accumulation. There has been a controversy about whether the fibrogenic cells in stricture lesions in Crohn's disease originate from a smooth muscle cell or a fibroblast lineage. In the present study, we aimed to elucidate: (1) the origin of the fibrogenic cells in stricture lesions; and (2) the roles of the...
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