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SUBMITTER: Zhuang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5119228 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhuang Zhaomeng Z Zhang Lu L Wang Xiaoteng X Tao Liyuan L Lv Bin B
PeerJ 20161117
This study investigated the mechanism of protein disulfide-isomerase A3 (PDIA3)-induced visceral hypersensitivity in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Rats were treated with saline (control), acetic acid and restraint stress (IBS model), empty vector (RNAi control) and PDIA3-RNAi vector (PDIA3-RNAi). Mesenteric lymph node DCs (MLNDCs) and splenic CD4+/CD8+ T cells were isolated for co-cultivation. Compared with control, MLNDCs co-cultured with CD4+ or CD8+ T cells showed an increased ability to pr ...[more]