C. Wang

Necrotising enterocolitis triggers a TNF-driven gut-blood-brain cascade that disrupts the blood-brain barrier and induces TNFR1-skewed neuronal apoptosis and pyroptosis

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) infants is associated with neurodevelopmental difficulties, but the mechanisms linking intestinal disease to brain injury remain unclear. We asked whether NEC propagates along a tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α)-ce...