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SUBMITTER: Birkl D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6599476 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Birkl Dorothee D Quiros Miguel M García-Hernández Vicky V Zhou Dennis W DW Brazil Jennifer C JC Hilgarth Roland R Keeney Justin J Yulis Mark M Bruewer Matthias M García Andrés J AJ O Leary Monique N MN Parkos Charles A CA Nusrat Asma A
Mucosal immunology 20190410 4
Pathobiology of several chronic inflammatory disorders, including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease is related to intermittent, spontaneous injury/ulceration of mucosal surfaces. Disease morbidity has been associated with pathologic release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα). In this report, we show that TNFα promotes intestinal mucosal repair through upregulation of the GPCR platelet activating factor receptor (PAFR) in the intestinal epithelium. Platelet a ...[more]