Key growth factor protects gut from inflammatory bowel disease

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In their study, published Jan. 31 in Nature Immunology, the researchers found that the growth factor, HB-EGF, is produced in response to gut inflammation by a set of immune-regulating cells called ILC3s. These immune cells reside in many organs including the intestines, though their numbers are known to be depleted in the inflamed intestines of IBD patients.

Read press release from medXpress.
Read paper published in Nature Immunology: DOI: 10.1038/s41590-021-01110-0

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