CD69 is the crucial regulator of intestinal inflammation: a new target molecule for IBD treatment?

J Immunol Res

Department of Visceral Surgery and Medicine, Inselspital, Freiburgstraße, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.

Published: December 2015

CD69 has been identified as an early activation marker of lymphocytes. However, recent work has indicated that CD69 plays an essential role for the regulation of inflammatory processes. Particularly, CD69 is highly expressed by lymphocytes at mucosal sites being constantly exposed to the intestinal microflora (one of the nature's most complex and most densely populated microbial habitats) and food antigens, while only a small number of circulating leukocytes express this molecule. In this review we will discuss the role of CD69 in mucosal tissue and consider CD69 as a potential target for the development of novel treatments of intestinal inflammation.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352431PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/497056DOI Listing

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