Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 30279238
Gut 2019 07;68(7):1190-1199
Loss of the Crohn’s disease predisposing gene results in an intestinal microenvironment conducive for colonisation by attaching-and-effacing enteropathogens. However, it remains elusive whether it relies on the intracellular recruitment of the serine-threonine kinase RIPK2 by NOD2, a step that is required for its activation of the transcription factor NF-κB.