Homeoprotein OTX1 and OTX2 involvement in rat myenteric neuron adaptation after DNBS-induced colitis.
Michela BistolettiGiovanni MicheloniNicolò BaranziniAnnalisa BosiAndrea ContiViviana FilpaCristina PirroneGiorgia MillefantiElisabetta MoroAnnalisa GrimaldiRoberto ValliAndreina BajFrancesca CremaCristina GiaroniGiovanni PortaPublished in: PeerJ (2020)
These data suggest that colitis up-regulates OTX1 and OTX2 in myenteric plexus both on site and distantly from the injury, potentially participating to inflammatory-related myenteric ganglia remodeling processes involving nitrergic transmission.