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Role of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in intestinal inflammatory diseases
Zhi-Ping Wu, De-Kui Zhang
Zhi-Ping Wu, De-Kui Zhang, Second Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China
Supported by: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 81272661 and 81470808.
Correspondence to: De-Kui Zhang, Professor, Chief Physician, Second Department of Gastroenterology, the Second Hospital of Lanzhou University, 82 Cuiyingmen, Chengguan District, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China. sczdk1972@163.com
Received: December 7, 2015 Revised: January 1, 2016 Accepted: January 11, 2016 Published online: February 28, 2016
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a member of the neurotrophic factor family, promotes the survival, proliferation, migration, differentiation, and axonal growth of intestinal neurons. With studies on the role that enteric glia cells (EGCs) play in intestinal inflammation, GDNF has come into vision as an anti-inflammatory factor in the gut. Recent studies have gradually witnessed that, besides the role in protecting the intestinal epithelial barrier, GDNF plays an important part in a variety of protective mechanisms against intestinal inflammation, and has become the focus of numerous defense mechanisms in intestinal inflammation. GDNF also plays a very important role in the occurrence and development of intestinal inflammatory diseases. This review summarizes the results of recent studies in this field to fully discuss the roles of GDNF in the occurrence and development of intestinal inflammatory diseases.
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