Expression of CCL20 and Its Corresponding Receptor CCR6 Is Enhanced in Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease, and TLR3 Mediates CCL20 Expression in Colonic Epithelial Cells

• Helene Kolstad Skovdahl,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Atle van Beelen Granlund,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ann Elisabet Østvik,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Torunn Bruland,

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Ingunn Bakke,

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Sverre Helge Torp,

  Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Pathology and Medical Genetics, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Jan Kristian Damås,

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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• Arne Kristian Sandvik

  * E-mail: arne.sandvik@ntnu.no

  Affiliations Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St. Olav’s University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway

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