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SUBMITTER: Jangid A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093000 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jangid Aditi A Fukuda Shinji S Seki Masahide M Horiuchi Terumi T Suzuki Yutaka Y Taylor Todd D TD Ohno Hiroshi H Prakash Tulika T
PloS one 20200324 3
Inflammatory bowel disease results from alterations in the immune system and intestinal microbiota. The role of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) in maintaining gut homeostasis is well known and its perturbation often causes gastrointestinal disorders including IBD. The epithelial specific adaptor protein (AP)-1B is involved in the establishment of the polarity of IECs. Deficiency of the AP-1B μ subunit (Ap1m2-/-) leads to the development of chronic colitis in mice. However, how this deficiency ...[more]