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Sulfasalazine is a widely used anti-inflammatory agent in the treatment of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis [ 1 2 3 ] . Recent data has demonstrated that SSZ is also safe and effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatological disorders [ 4 5 ] . Sulfasalazine is a dimer composed of 5-aminosalicylic acid linked by an azo bond to sulfapyridine.
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].
In this group, intestinal A-GVHD was strongly favored, in the absence of other etiologies such as CMV colitis and NSAIDs [ 2 4 7 9 12 16 17 ] . CMV colitis cases were excluded morphologically based on the presence of CMV cytopathic effect or CMV immunohistochemistry.
Based on these findings, it is apparent that a better understanding of the mechanisms regulating ECAM expression, especially that of MAdCAM-1, might help to devise improved therapies for 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 ] .
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