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Artemisinin ameliorates intestinal inflammation by skewing macrophages to the M2 phenotype and inhibiting epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
International immunopharmacology - 1 Feb 2021
Huai Manxiu, Zeng Junxiang, Ge Wensong
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a self-destructive intestinal disease whose etiology is unclear but complex and the effective treatment is deficient. Increasing evidences have indicated that immune dysfunction and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related intestinal mucosal barrier impaired hold critical position in the pathogenesis of IBD. Artemisinin (ART) is a sesquiterpenoid compound...
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