Although significant mechanistic overlap can exist between psoriasis and inflammatory
bowel disease (IBD), to date there have been no reports investigating the IL-36 family in
gastrointestinal inflammation. Here we demonstrate that expression levels of IL-36α are
specifically elevated in the colonic mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients. This elevated
expression is mirrored in the inflamed colonic mucosa of mice, wherein IL-36 receptor …