Growth Factors in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Growth Factors in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Growth factors have many influences on the gastrointestinal tract, not just modulating cell proliferation, but also acting on other aspects of physiology. Several of these functions are incriminated in the pathogenetic and healing phenomena that accompany inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A review o...

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Main Author: Nicholas Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1996-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/527161
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spelling doaj-a29a72e52f0044439390fa051d6a02e12020-11-24T22:51:17ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79001996-01-0110319119810.1155/1996/527161Growth Factors in Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseNicholas Wright0Department of Histopathology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, and Histopathology Unit, Imperial Cancer Research Campaign Laboratories, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, UKGrowth factors have many influences on the gastrointestinal tract, not just modulating cell proliferation, but also acting on other aspects of physiology. Several of these functions are incriminated in the pathogenetic and healing phenomena that accompany inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A review of growth regulation in the intestine is presented. Topics include growth phenomena in IBD, sources of growth factors, growth factors in gut growth responses, trefoil peptides, other growth factors and role of growth factors in IBD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1996/527161
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description Growth factors have many influences on the gastrointestinal tract, not just modulating cell proliferation, but also acting on other aspects of physiology. Several of these functions are incriminated in the pathogenetic and healing phenomena that accompany inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). A review of growth regulation in the intestine is presented. Topics include growth phenomena in IBD, sources of growth factors, growth factors in gut growth responses, trefoil peptides, other growth factors and role of growth factors in IBD.
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