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Natural 'decoy receptor' protects against inflammatory bowel disease, research reveals

Summary by Medical Xpress
In a study published in Nature Immunology on January 6, a research team led by Prof. Qian Youcun from the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health (SINH) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified a new member of the human IL-17 receptor family, IL-17REL, which plays a protective role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and showed that genetic variants in IL17REL critically affect IBD.

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Medical Xpress broke the news in on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
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