Expression and post-translational modification of intermediate filament proteins in colonic mucosa of patients with ulcerative colitis : role in pathogenesis of colitis associated colorectal neoplasia and dysplasia

Background: Ulcerative colitis(UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon associated with increased cancer risk of colitis associated cancer(CAC). Keratins(K) are intermediate filament(IF) proteins, and are key component of the cellular cytoskeleton. K8 null mice develop colitis; a subset of...

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Main Author: Majumdar, Debabrata
Other Authors: Corfe, Bernard ; Evans, Caroline ; Lobo, Alan
Published: University of Sheffield 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.707074