High circulating elafin levels are associated with Crohn's disease-associated intestinal strictures.
BACKGROUND:Antimicrobial peptide expression is associated with disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. IBD patients have abnormal expression of elafin, a human elastase-specific protease inhibitor and antimicrobial peptide. We determined elafin expression in blood, intestine,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231796 |