Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and remitting inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. A prior clinical trial demonstrated the ability of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligand EGF to induce and maintain remission in ulcerative colitis. As a protein lysine methyltransferase, SET and MYND domain-containing protein 2 (SMYD2) regulates various cellular functions, including chromatin remodeling and tumorigenesis. A bioinformatic study has shown that EGFR might be a candidate for SMYD2-mediated methylation. In this research, we aimed to investigate whether SMYD2 depletion could synergize with EGFR-activating treatment to promote intestinal goblet cell regeneration in IBD.
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