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High intestinal and systemic levels of interleukin-23/T-helper 17 pathway in Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2013
Song Lu, Zhou Rui, Huang Sha, Zhou Feng, Xu Shufang, Wang Wei, Yi Fengming, Wang Xiaobing, Xia Bing
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-23/T-helper 17 (IL-23/Th17) pathway plays a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but little is known about its expression in Chinese population. In this study, we investigated the mRNA and protein levels of IL-12p40, tumor necrosis factor-like cytokine 1A (TL1A), Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), and IL-23R both locally and systemically in Chinese IBD patients. Our results indicated...
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