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Inflammation Flashcards

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avascular tissue

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cartilage or cornea

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five cardinal signs of inflammation

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redness, swelling, heat, pain/tenderness, loss of function

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stresses that can cause inflammation

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  • Genetic mutations
  • Hypoxia (lack of oxygen)
  • Infection
  • Physical agents (pressure and trauma)
  • Immune reactions eg. hypersensitivities and autoimmunity
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outcomes of mild transient injury

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reversible, cell can recover and return to homeostasis as long as cell membranes remain intact eg. steatosis in liver

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apoptosis general mechanism

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  • Membrane blebs (bubbles form)
  • Chromatin condenses
  • Blebs bud off to break cell up into apoptotic bodies
  • Fragments digested by phagocyte
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apoptosis energy dependant?

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yes

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Intrinsic (mitochondrial pathway) of apoptosis

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removal of growth factors/hormones leads to cascade through mitochondrion, eventually producing caspases (protease enzymes) that disintegrate DNA and cytoskeleton to cause blebbing

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Extrinsic (death receptor mediated) pathway of apoptosis

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Fas death ligand binds to surface receptor to initiate protein cascade that produces caspases

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when is apoptosis used?

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in physiological development and homeostasis: if cells ordinarily divide, old ones may need to be destroyed

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necrosis energy

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passive process

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general necrosis mechanism

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Membrane blebs but then breaks down
	Cell bursts (lysis) and spills contents →  mass inflammation
	Activated by toxins released/macrophages
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types of necrosis

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coagulative, liquefactive, caseous, gangrenous, fat

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coagulative necrosis

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nuclei stain darker and ‘jelly’ appearance as proteins denature eg. ischaemia in heart attack

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Liquefactive necrosis

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protein digested in lipid rich tissue so tissue structure lost; pus eg. stroke in brain

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caseous necrosis

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‘cheese’ appearance of granulomatous inflammation eg. tuberculosis

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gangreous (dry) necrosis

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coagulative necrosis in extremity due to slow vascular blockage eg. toe gangrene in diabetes. Wet gangrene= infection

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fat necrosis

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chalky deposits from degraded fat tissue eg. acute pancreatitis

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types of inflammation

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  • Acute inflammation
  • Chronic inflammation
  • Subacute inflammation- inflammatory response that isn’t a rapid, immediate response to a new injury
  • Acute on chronic inflammation- where a chronic condition rapidly worsen
  • Fulminant inflammation- severe, acute inflammation with chronic damage that has become irremediable
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what diseases can inflammation cause or worsen?

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cancers, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative disease

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exudate

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Delivered cells, proteins, fluid

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types of danger signals

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  • Missing self-recognition- activation of NK cells and the complement system when certain signals usually present on host cells are absent
  • Effector-triggered immunity (system surveillance)- detects disturbances in cellular processes (like ion fluctuations due to bacterial pore forming proteins)
  • Structural pattern-triggered immunity- molecular patterns that indicate danger that are picked up by the immune system
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DAMPs

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damage associated, molecules that trigger the inflammatory response when cells are damaged- these include DNA, RNA and histones

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PAMPs

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pathogen associated, molecules on the surface of microbes trigger inflammation when infection occurs- can be foreign wall cell components (like lipopolysaccharide) or nucleic acid

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how are danger signals recognised?

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‘sentinel’ leukocytes that surveillance body- can be resident in tissues or circulaiting in tissue, have pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) which allow the release of cytokines that activated inflammatory response

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examples of surface PPRs

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C-type lectin receptors, TLRs (toll like receptors)

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Examples of cytoplasmic PPRs:

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endosomal TLRs and nod like receptors

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effects of PPR activation

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  • Activation of pro-inflammatory cytokines eg. IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α
  • Programmed lytic death
  • Inflammatory mediators: histamine, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, bradykinin, cytokines and chemokines
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cytokines

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activate resident, endothelial or circulating immune cells to maintain vasodilation and cause lysis in infected cells so that the pathogen is exposed to the immune system

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opsonins

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mark out cells for phagocytosis, phagocytosis may be oxygen deprived or oxygen-independent

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bradykinin

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maintains vasodilation and activates pain receptors

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vasodilation and oedema

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increased blood flow with excess fluid in interstitial spaces, the blood flow will make the area red and hot while the fluid leakage will cause oedema which presents as swelling

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how is the permeability of the arteriole increased?

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Endothelial cells first swell and then contract to increase the space between them
Process is regulated by mediators, esp. histamine- (antihistamines can block histamine to prevent swelling)
(initial= histamine, rapid= bradykinin, delayed= cytokines)

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types of exudates

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  • Pus: neutrophils, enzyme rich, bacteria and fibrin, often shows on micrograph, yellow-green peroxidase gives its colour
  • Fibrinous: greyish, sticky fibrin strands, few cells
  • Serous: mostly fluid, serum like, little fibrinogen/platelets (eg. Burn blister)
  • Haemorrhagic: vascular destruction hence, leak of blood
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when does passive leak occur?

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site of endothelial injury until the endothelium regenerates (sunburn or leukocyte transmigration) or during angiogenesis (new capillaries are leaky)

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main cells of inflammation

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neutrophils

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extravasation

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• Process by which neutrophils migrate out of blood vessels and into the interstitial space (cells other than inflammatory cells can extravasate like RBCs)

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process of extravasation

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  1. Margination: neutrophils move to side of endothelium (wall of blood vessels)
    Blood flow is slowed in arterioles due to fluid leakage and vasodilation; leukocytes naturally move to the side of blood vessels during haemostasis
  2. Rolling (Diapedesis): neutrophils roll along the endothelium due selectins
    Both rolling and adhesion are facilitated by the cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) on the surface of neutrophils and endothelial cells.
  3. Adhesion: neutrophils bind to endothelium due to interaction between integrins and CAMs
  4. Emigration: Neutrophils leave blood vessels through junctions between endothelial cells
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selectins

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a CAM which bind neutrophil to endothelium loosely to allow for rolling eg. histamine.

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haemostasis

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stopping of a flow of blood

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chemotaxis

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attract neutrophils to the site of injury eg. chemokines

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protein that forms a scaffold for neutrophils to move along

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fibrin

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pyogenic molecules

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Molecules responsible for neutrophil chemotaxis because when neutrophils die they become key components of pus

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in parasitic infections what molecule dominates the first stage of inflammation

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eosinophils

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macrophages

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monocytes in tissue rather than blood, arrive later on to phagocytose and produce cytokines

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last resort stimulated by PRRs- NETs

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neutrophil extracellular traps
If a pathogen cannot be phagocytosed, an enzyme moves into the neutrophil nucleus, releasing its contents (granular proteins and sugar phosphate backbone of DNA), which act as a net to prevent spread

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resistance of Strep and S. aureus

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Step will have fibrin-degrading enzymes and S.aureus hides within fibrin layers

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systemic effects of acute inflammation

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  • Acute phase response mediators- IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α
  • Prostaglandin production → body thermostat changes via hypothalamus → shivering, fever (aspirin can block this)
  • Raised WBC count (due to cytokine IL-8 moving to bone marrow and stimulating production of more neutrophils)
  • Release of acute phase proteins made in liver eg. CRP
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lymphatic system

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network of fine vessels draining excess fluid from tissue. Exudate can flow through this into nodes, where lymphocytes process foreign molecules and instigate an immune response

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types of lesions

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  • Sinus: cavity lines with granulation
  • Abscess: pus in newly formed cavity, surrounded by granulation
  • Fistula: abnormal tract linking epithelia that should not be linked
  • Erosion: loss of some epithelial layer but basement membrane left to guide healing
  • Ulcer: loss of epithelial and basement membrane layers (eg. Exposing muscle to inflammation), may fissure
  • Granuloma
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granulomas

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organised cluster of large macrophages with ruffled membranes, form in response to a stimulus that cannot be removed, low turnover versions form around foreign bodies and have long- lived macrophages, high turnover ones are immune related and contain T-cell and short-lived macrophages

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consolidation

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light patches on micrograph due to exudate congestion in a tissue

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outcomes of acute inflammation

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  • Resolution: if the trigger subsides, pro-resolving agents (immunoresolvants clearing mediators, cells, debris and pathogens) or anti-inflammatory influences terminate inflammation and the tissue is restored to its healthy condition. After resolution, changes to gene expression may change tissue response to injury
  • Organisation: tissues are replaced by granulation tissue (pre-scar tissue) which is stickier and may be problematic, scarring is protective but if it is widespread its destructive to tissue eg. In cirrhosis
  • Chronic inflammation
  • Death
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where do monocytes mature and what do they mature into?

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tissues early in inflammation where they mature into macrophages

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characteristic features of chronic inflammation

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Macrophages and granulation tissue

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cell types that can be involved in chronic inflammation

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lymphocytes, eosinophils (in case of allergy/parasite infection) and mast cells

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Amyloidosis

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aggregation of mutated (misfolded) proteins, causing atrophy (wasting) in chronic inflammation or dementia

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Cystitis

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bladder inflammation, can be caused by urinary catheters, UTIs can leads to urinary incontinence and confusion

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Fibrosis

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occurs with constant inflammation that the body is unable to heal properly

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Labile cells

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always proliferating so regenerating- epithelia such as skin, GI tract

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Stable cells:

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do not normally proliferate but can do so after injury- liver, kidney

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Permanent

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cannot regenerate so much scar- neurones, heart muscle

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high risk responses in blood can lead to

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septic shock (low blood pressure and inflammatory tissue damage), immunity and coagulation are suppressed and patients have susceptibility to 2° infection

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what can regeneration be stimulated by?

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  • soluble growth factors which bind to receptors to initiate a downstream cascade of reactions, cumulating in the release of transcription factors that binds to DNA and alter gene transcription
  • physical cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions via the ECM and cell junctions, mediated by integrin proteins to produce a cascade of signals
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scarring order

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Bleeding → Clotting cascade → Acute inflammation (neutrophils) becomes chronic inflammation (macrophages and granulation) → Fibroblasts migrate to lay down new ECM → Angiogenesis and collagen → Scar maturation

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fibrotic tissue compared to health tissue

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weaker and less elastic than healthy tissue

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fibroblasts

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connective tissue stem cells and growth factors cause them to migrate and proliferate and they secrete ECM components, collagen and elastin

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tissue remodelling

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matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are enzymes that each break down ECM components, they mediate long-term scar maturation and degradation which is why lesions can look better over time, actions of MMPs is regulated by TIMPs which inhibit their action

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what can destruction of blood vessel walls cause?

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blood to leak into airways, can be coughed up with sputum

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what can consolidation of exudate in airways cause?

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blockage of airways and patients may have breathing difficulties leading to hypoxia

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pus on a micrograph

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looks like fibrin and many nuclei of neutrophils

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inflammatory response releases

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cytokines, leading to fever, shivers and tachycardia (raised heart rate)

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treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases

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corticosteroids or immunosuppressant drugs

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inflammatory bowel disease examples

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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

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What is responsible for the production of the new extracellular matrix after angiogenesis?

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fibroblasts- synthesises the extracellular matrix and collagen

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