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Enterocyte-specific A20 deficiency sensitizes to tumor necrosis factor-induced toxicity and experimental colitis.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 5 Jul 2010
Vereecke Lars, Sze Mozes, Mc Guire Conor, Rogiers Brecht, Chu Yuanyuan, Schmidt-Supprian Marc, Pasparakis Manolis, Beyaert Rudi, van Loo Geert
Abstract excerpt
A20 is a nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) target gene that encodes a ubiquitin-editing enzyme that is essential for the termination of NF-kappaB activation after tumor necrosis factor (TNF) or microbial product stimulation and for the prevention of TNF-induced apoptosis. Mice lacking A20 succumb to inflammation in several organs, including the intestine, and A20 mutations have been associated with Crohn's...
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