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SUBMITTER: Rousseaux C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2213148 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rousseaux Christel C Lefebvre Bruno B Dubuquoy Laurent L Lefebvre Philippe P Romano Olivier O Auwerx Johan J Metzger Daniel D Wahli Walter W Desvergne Béatrice B Naccari Gian Carlo GC Chavatte Philippe P Farce Amaury A Bulois Philippe P Cortot Antoine A Colombel Jean Frédéric JF Desreumaux Pierre P
The Journal of experimental medicine 20050411 8
5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is an antiinflammatory drug widely used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. It is known to inhibit the production of cytokines and inflammatory mediators, but the mechanism underlying the intestinal effects of 5-ASA remains unknown. Based on the common activities of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-gamma) ligands and 5-ASA, we hypothesized that this nuclear receptor mediates 5-ASA therapeutic action. To test this possibility, colit ...[more]