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Mechanisms of inflammation-derived endothelial dysfunction. The CD40-CD40L pathway stimulates mucosal inflammation and causes increased production of proinflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin- (IL-) 8, chemokines, and cell adhesion molecules, and causes angiogenesis-stimulating intestinal fibroblasts to release angiogenic cytokines.
