The laminin response in inflammatory bowel disease: protection or malignancy?

Laminins (LM), basement membrane molecules and mediators of epithelial-stromal communication, are crucial in tissue homeostasis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) are multifactorial pathologies where the microenvironment and in particular LM play an important yet poorly understood role in tissue mai...

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Main Authors: Caroline Spenlé, Olivier Lefebvre, Joël Lacroute, Agnès Méchine-Neuville, Frédérick Barreau, Hervé M Blottière, Bernard Duclos, Christiane Arnold, Thomas Hussenet, Joseph Hemmerlé, Donald Gullberg, Michèle Kedinger, Lydia Sorokin, Gertraud Orend, Patricia Simon-Assmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4210184?pdf=render