Abstract:Background & aims: IL-22 binding protein (IL-22BP) is a soluble and specific inhibitor of IL-22, a cytokine with known protective actions on intestinal epithelial cells during inflammation. Although eosinophils and mononuclear phagocytes (MNP) were shown to be the producers of IL-22BP in the intestine lamina propria (LP), it has recently been proposed that CD4+ T cells represent an additional source of IL-22BP in the gut during Crohn's disease (CD). In this study we sought to confirm these findings and to … Show more
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