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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).
In the setting of IBD, the expression of ECAMs like ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and MAdCAM-1 (mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1) is observed in experimental models of colitis, [ 2 3 4 5 ] and also within the inflamed human colon in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis [ 6 7 ] .
MAdCAM-1 (mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1), IL-10 (Interleukin-10), HEV (high endothelial venular), ECAMs (endothelial cell adhesion molecules), IBD (inflammatory bowel diseases), UC (ulcerative colitis), CD (Crohn's disease), ICAM-1 (intracellular adhesion molecule 1), VCAM-1 (vascular adhesion molecule 1), NF-kB (nuclear transfection factor kB), TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor alpha), GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor), GCSF (granulocute colony stimulating factor), ECL (enhanced chemiluminescence)
IL-10 deficiency in colitis increases expression of several ECAMs including ICAM-1, VCAM-1 and MAdCAM-1 [ 60 ] . We performed an experiment, where under non-stimulated conditions only 55.
MAdCAM-1 is normally expressed in the gut, and its expression is dramatically amplified during inflammation [ 2 3 ] . The functional significance of increased appearance of MAdCAM-1 in IBD is supported by several reports which show that immunoneutralization of either MAdCAM-1 or its ligand, the α4β7 integrin, attenuate inflammation and mucosal damage in animal models of colitis [ 8 9 10 ] . However, since monoclonal antibodies directed against other ECAMs, particularly VCAM-1, can as well reduce disease activity in colitis models [ 11 12 13 14 ] , the literature suggests that MAdCAM-1 is probably necessary, but insufficient for the maximal penetrance of experimental and probably also clinical IBD.
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