McGovern Dermot, Powrie Fiona
Imperial College, London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK.
Gut. 2007 Oct;56(10):1333-6. doi: 10.1136/gut.2006.115402.
Exciting new results from a genetic study in humans and functional studies in mice have pinpointed interleukin 23 (IL23) and its receptor as a key pathway in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). These findings reveal a hitherto unappreciated role for the IL23 axis in intestinal inflammation and may open new avenues for development of therapeutic strategies in IBD.
一项针对人类的基因研究以及针对小鼠的功能研究取得了令人振奋的新成果,这些成果已明确白细胞介素23(IL23)及其受体是炎症性肠病(IBD)发病机制中的关键途径。这些发现揭示了IL23轴在肠道炎症中迄今未被认识到的作用,并可能为IBD治疗策略的开发开辟新途径。