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Lin-Jing Li, Hui-Jie Hao, Zhao-Yang Shi, Bai-Sui Feng, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China
Supported by: the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 81070288 and 81270452; the Medical Science and Technology Foundation of Henan Province, No. 201001004; and the Science and Technology Leader Overseas Training Foundation of Henan Province, No. 201201013.
Correspondence to: Bai-Sui Feng, Professor, Chief Physician, Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Erqi District, Zhengzhou 450052, Henan Province, China. fbs163@163.com
Received: December 21, 2012 Revised: January 29, 2013 Accepted: February 21, 2013 Published online: March 8, 2013
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of recurrent chronic intestinal inflammatory diseases with incompletely understood pathogenesis. Increasing evidence has shown that mast cells are markedly increased in inflamed mucosa of IBD patients and involved in the pathogenesis of IBD. Upon activation mast cells release multiple proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines and mediators that play an important role in the occurrence and development of IBD. Understanding the role of mast cell-derived mediators and cytokines in IBD can provide new avenues for the development of new approaches to the treatment of this disease.
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