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Restoring Retinoic Acid Attenuates Intestinal Inflammation and Tumorigenesis in APCMin/+ Mice.
Cancer immunology research - 1 Nov 2016
Penny Hweixian Leong, Prestwood Tyler R, Bhattacharya Nupur, Sun Fionna, Kenkel Justin A, Davidson Matthew G, Shen Lei, Zuniga Luis A, Seeley E Scott, Pai Reetesh, Choi Okmi, Tolentino Lorna, Wang Jinshan, Napoli Joseph L, Engleman Edgar G
Abstract excerpt
Chronic intestinal inflammation accompanies familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and is a major risk factor for colorectal cancer in patients with this disease, but the cause of such inflammation is unknown. Because retinoic acid (RA) plays a critical role in maintaining immune homeostasis in the intestine, we hypothesized that altered RA metabolism contributes to inflammation and tumorigenesis in FAP. To assess...
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