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Role of Cytokines in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Jing-Jing Kang1, Hua-Wei Yao2, Hong-De Liang1*, Yu-Rong Yang1*
1College of Animal and Veterinary Engineering, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002, China; 2College of Animal Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China)
Abstract: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)， which mainly includes Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC)， represents a group of idiopathic diseases characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Cytokines play an important role in intestine inflammation and mucosal immune response of IBD， and have become a hot research in the pathogenesis of IBD. The role of cytokines in IBD will be introduced in this review.
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