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Endoplasmic reticulum stress and inflammation.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2012
Adolph Timon-Eric, Niederreiter Lukas, Blumberg Richard S, Kaser Arthur
Abstract excerpt
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress due to the presence of misfolded or unfolded proteins in the ER invokes a fundamental biological response, termed the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR is orchestrated by three main proximal effectors, of which the IRE1/XBP1 pathway represents the evolutionarily most conserved one. Due to its high secretory burden, the intestinal epithelium is highly susceptible to...
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