• 1. Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University;Gastroenterology Institute of Jiangxi Province;Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330006, China;
  • 2. Department of Immunology, Basic Medical College of Nanchang University, Nanchang 330006, China;
XIEYong, Email: xieyong_med@163.com
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High mobility group box 1 protein (HMGB1), a damage-associated molecular pattern, exists ubiquitously in the cells of mammals. It contributes to maintaining the structure of nucleosome and modulating transcription of gene in nuclei. Extracellular HMGB1 plays two-way roles in promoting inflammatory and tissue repair. Released actively as well as passively following cytokine stimulation during cell death, HMGB1 may act as a late inflammatory factor and an endogenous damage-associated molecular pattern recognized by its receptors. And it may mediate the occurrence, development and outcome of the inflammatory injury of digestive system diseases, such as gastric mucosal injury, inflammatory bowel-disease, liver injury, pancreatitis, and so on. This review mainly concerns the research progresses of HMGB1 in the inflammatory injury of digestive system diseases. At the same time, HMGB1 itself, or as a therapeutic target, can promote tissue repair.

Citation: WANGFucai, XIEYong. Role of HMGB1 in Inflammatory-mediated Injury Caused by Digestive System Diseases and Its Repair. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2015, 32(4): 919-923. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.20150164 Copy

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