Article
Inflamed gut mucosa: downstream of interleukin-10.
European journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jan 2012
Paul Gregor, Khare Vineeta, Gasche Christoph
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Interleukin-10 is a pleiotropic cytokine, whose main function is limitation and ultimately termination of immune responses. This is especially true for environmental interfaces such as the gastrointestinal tract. IL-10 acts as a key mediator for maintaining gut homeostasis. IL-10 knockout mice are well established as a genetic model for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and sequence variants in the...
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