Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an intestinal disorder that disproportionately affects premature infants and lacks in effective therapeutics. Mihi and colleagues1 demonstrated that the cytokine interleukin-22 promotes intestinal epithelial regeneration and reduces disease severity in an experimen...

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Main Authors: Bingjie Wang, Meghan A. Koch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Cell Reports Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379121001671
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spelling doaj-c6f91abaf84f4c138bbd8c52d281acc72021-06-17T04:48:50ZengElsevierCell Reports Medicine2666-37912021-06-0126100324Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infantsBingjie Wang0Meghan A. Koch1Molecular and Cellular Biology Program and Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Basic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USABasic Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Corresponding authorNecrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an intestinal disorder that disproportionately affects premature infants and lacks in effective therapeutics. Mihi and colleagues1 demonstrated that the cytokine interleukin-22 promotes intestinal epithelial regeneration and reduces disease severity in an experimental model of NEC.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666379121001671
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author Bingjie Wang
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Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
Cell Reports Medicine
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title Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
title_short Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
title_full Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
title_fullStr Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
title_full_unstemmed Cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: A promising treatment for preterm infants
title_sort cytokine therapy in necrotizing enterocolitis: a promising treatment for preterm infants
publisher Elsevier
series Cell Reports Medicine
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publishDate 2021-06-01
description Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is an intestinal disorder that disproportionately affects premature infants and lacks in effective therapeutics. Mihi and colleagues1 demonstrated that the cytokine interleukin-22 promotes intestinal epithelial regeneration and reduces disease severity in an experimental model of NEC.
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