VCAM1 and colitis: Furthermore, endothelial vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (V-CAM1), a cytokine-inducible molecule that mediates lymphocyte adhesion, is upregulated in the brain of rats and mice after TNSB- or DSS-induced colitis, and this upregulation has been positively correlated with colonic inflammation and colonic V-CAM1 levels97.