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ECAMs support several forms of leukocyte adhesion including rolling, firm adhesion and extravasation [ 1 ] . Infiltration of tissues by leukocytes is a common hallmark of many chronic inflammatory states that include the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and Crohn's disease (CD).
Further support of this hypothesis comes from a more recent report by Binion's group showing that individuals afflicted with Crohn's colitis have an apparent inability to express iNOS in their intestinal microvascular endothelium [ 29].
, treatment of ulcerative colitis with sulfasalazine).
(1997) [ 27] reported that acetic acid-induced colitis was more severe in iNOS -/-deficient animals, consistent with a protective role of iNOS derived NO in colitis.
Conversely, IL-10 gene-knockout mice develop a chronic colitis that is extremely similar to IBD [ 25 ] . IL-10 treatment can reduce inflammation in several models of colitis [ 26 27 28 29 30 ] and human IBD [ 31 32 33 34 35 ] . However, the clinical efficacy of systemically administered IL-10 for patients mild to moderately active Crohn's disease has not been as effective as hoped [ 33 34 35 ] . Furthermore the efficacy of IL-10 administration in mouse colitis models is contentious [ 36 ] .