The pathogenesis of cryptoglandular anal fistula: New insight into the immunological profile.
Francesco LittaAndrea PapaitDonatella LucchettiSerafina FariguAngelo ParelloClaudio Ricciardi TenorePaola CampennìAntonietta Rosa SiliniMaria Cristina GiustinianiOrnella ParoliniAlessandro SgambatoCarlo RattoPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2022)
A combination of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines and growth factors reside in the wound microenvironment of AF patients. For the first time an important prevalence of Tc17 cells and a reduction in the M1/M2 ratio was observed, thus suggesting new insights into the immunological characterization of AF patients.