Why are cytokines targeted for biological therapy in IBD?

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2008 Oct:14 Suppl 2:S121-2. doi: 10.1002/ibd.20631.

Authors

Masayuki Saruta¹, Konstantinos A Papadakis

Affiliation

¹ Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, California, USA.

PMID: 18816684
DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20631

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Biological Products / therapeutic use
Cytokines / antagonists & inhibitors*
Cytokines / metabolism
Cytokines / therapeutic use*
Humans
Immunity, Mucosal
Immunotherapy*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / immunology*
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / metabolism
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / therapy*

Substances

Biological Products
Cytokines