The role of Interleukin-22 in severe acute pancreatitis

• Main Authors: Hongli Yang (Author), Ruofan Cao (Author), Feifei Zhou (Author), Ben Wang (Author), Qianqian Xu (Author), Rui Li (Author), ChunHua Zhang (Author), Hongwei Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) begins with premature activation of enzymes, promoted by the immune system, triggering a potential systemic inflammatory response that leads to organ failure with increased mortality and a bleak prognosis. Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a cytokine that may have a...