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The Wae to repair: prostaglandin E2 (PGE 2 ) triggers intestinal wound repair
Author(s) -
Jackstadt Rene,
Sansom Owen James
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the embo journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.484
H-Index - 392
eISSN - 1460-2075
pISSN - 0261-4189
DOI - 10.15252/embj.201695973
Subject(s) - biology
Accurate wound repair is a crucial step to protect organisms from environmental damage, for example infection and toxin exposure. In this issue of The EMBO Journal , Miyoshi et al ([Miyoshi H, 2017]) have elucidated a new mechanism underpinning this process within the intestine where mesenchymal prostaglandin E2 produced following damage drives intestinal regeneration.