Gene expression profiles of mucosal fibr
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Markus Lang; Matthieu Schlechtweg; Silvia Kellermeier; Julia Brenmoehl; Werner F
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background: A frequent complication of Crohn's disease (CD) is the formation of strictures and stenoses. Strictures are characterized by a fibrosis of the bowel wall, induced by abnormal wound healing. Functional changes of colonic lamina propria fibroblasts (CLPF) reflected by increased proliferati