Serum soluble TNF receptor I and II leve
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Tanja Spoettl; Martin Hausmann; Frank Klebl; Andrea Dirmeier; Bodo Klump; Joerg
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Article
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2007
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Background: Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFโฃ) is a proinflammatory cytokine and an important mediator in the pathophysiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The effects of TNFโฃ are mediated by 2 specific receptors, a 55-kDa protein (TNF-RI) and a 75-kDa receptor (TNF-RII), which are usually bo