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Disruption of the murine Glp2r impairs Paneth cell function and increases susceptibility to small bowel enteritis.
Endocrinology - 1 Mar 2012
Lee Seung-Jun, Lee Jennifer, Li Karen K, Holland Dianne, Maughan Heather, Guttman David S, Yusta Bernardo, Drucker Daniel J
Abstract excerpt
Exogenous glucagon-like peptide-2 receptor (GLP-2R) activation elicits proliferative and cytoprotective responses in the gastrointestinal mucosa and ameliorates experimental small and large bowel gut injury. Nevertheless, the essential physiological role(s) of the endogenous GLP-2R remain poorly understood. We studied the importance of the GLP-2R for gut growth, epithelial cell lineage allocation, the response to...
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