Form Of Crohn’s Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells
Oct 13th 2008Drug InformationCrohn
Scientists report online in Nature that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn’s disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder. The link to immune cells intrigued researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis because they and others believe Crohn’s disease is caused by misdirected immune responses in the intestine that damage gut tissue.
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