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Enteroendocrine cells in terminal ileal Crohn's disease
6 Mar 2012
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Enteroendocrine cells sense gut luminal contents, and orchestrate digestive physiology whilst contributing to mucosal homeostasis and innate immunity. The terminal ileum is the key site of EEC expression but detailed assessment of their subtypes, lineage transcription factors and expression products has not been undertaken in terminal ileal Crohn's disease. Recent Crohn's disease gene wide...
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