Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis - Department of Surgery ...
Surgical Management of Ulcerative Colitis - Department of Surgery ...
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Pathophysiology<br />
• Poorly understood<br />
• Intestinal mucosa continually exposed to<br />
environmental challenge<br />
• chronic dysregulation <strong>of</strong> mucosal immunity<br />
• uncontrolled inflammatory response<br />
• IL-1B, 6, 8, TNF, prostaglandin (E2), leukotriene B4<br />
exacerbate mucosal inflammation<br />
• IL-4, 10 suppress intestinal inflammation<br />
Maingot 11 th ed