Submucosal Fibrosis and Basic-Fibroblast Growth Factor-Positive Neutrophils Correlate with Colonic Stenosis in Cases of Ulcerative Colitis - Concepedia

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Submucosal Fibrosis and Basic-Fibroblast Growth Factor-Positive Neutrophils Correlate with Colonic Stenosis in Cases of Ulcerative Colitis

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2011

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Masaru Yamagata, Tetuo Mikami, Tomoko Tsuruta, Kaoru Yokoyama, Miwa Sada, Kiyonori Kobayashi, Tomoe Katsumata, Wasaburou Koizumi, Katsunori Saigenji, Isao Okayasu

Abstract

One of the major causes of stenosis in long-standing UC is fibrosis in the bowel wall, possibly induced by infiltrating inflammatory neutrophils producing b-FGF.

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