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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Shao BZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902040 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in physiology 20210203
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic intestinal inflammatory disease, including ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The abnormality of inflammatory and immune responses in the intestine contributes to the pathogenesis and progression of IBD. Autophagy is a vital catabolic process in cells. Recent studies report that autophagy is highly involved in various kinds of diseases, especially inflammation-related diseases, such as IBD. In this review, the biological characteri ...[more]