IL-6 signaling in inflammatory bowel disease: Pathophysiological role and clinical relevance

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1016-1023

  Mudter, Jonas ^a   Neurath, Markus F ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colitis; IL 17; IL 6; Inflammatory bowel disease; Trans signaling

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 27; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-6; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-6; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34548190038     PISSN: 10780998     EISSN: 15364844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20148     Document Type: Review

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