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Balance of meprin A and B in mice affects the progression of experimental inflammatory bowel disease.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Feb 2011
Banerjee Sanjita, Jin Ge, Bradley S Gaylen, Matters Gail L, Gailey Ryan D, Crisman Jacqueline M, Bond Judith S
Abstract excerpt
MEP1A, which encodes the α subunit of meprin metalloproteinases, is a susceptibility gene for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and decreased intestinal meprin-α expression is associated with enhanced IBD in humans. Mice lacking meprin α (α knockout, αKO) have more severe colitis induced by dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) than wild-type (WT) mice, indicating an anti-inflammatory role for meprin A. Previous studies...
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