Choline Deficiency Causes Colonic Type II Natural Killer T (NKT) Cell Loss and Alleviates Murine Colitis under Type I NKT Cell Deficiency.

Choline Deficiency Causes Colonic Type II Natural Killer T (NKT) Cell Loss and Alleviates Murine Colitis under Type I NKT Cell Deficiency.

Serum levels of choline and its derivatives are lower in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than in healthy individuals. However, the effect of choline deficiency on the severity of colitis has not been investigated. In the present study, we investigated the role of choline deficiency in...

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Main Authors: Shintaro Sagami, Yoshitaka Ueno, Shinji Tanaka, Akira Fujita, Hiroaki Niitsu, Ryohei Hayashi, Hideyuki Hyogo, Takao Hinoi, Yasuhiko Kitadai, Kazuaki Chayama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5241147?pdf=render

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