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Role of autophagy in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
World journal of gastroenterology - 21 Mar 2017
Iida Tomoya, Onodera Kei, Nakase Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from a complex series of interactions between susceptibility genes, the environment, and the immune system. Recently, some studies provided strong evidence that the process of autophagy affects several aspects of mucosal immune responses. Autophagy is a cellular stress response that plays key roles in physiological processes, such as innate and adaptive immunity,...
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