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Colon Macrophages Polarized by Commensal Bacteria Cause Colitis and Cancer through the Bystander Effect
1 Oct 2013
Abstract excerpt
Intestinal commensal bacteria have recently been shown to trigger macrophages to produce diffusible clastogens (or chromosome-breaking factors) through a bystander effect (BSE) that mediates DNA damage and induces chromosomal instability in neighboring cells. Colon macrophages appear central to colon carcinogenesis and BSE through the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2). The...
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