STARD7 and inflammatory bowel disease: To test whether IBD-relevant cytokines including IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α alter STARD7 mRNA expression in IECs, we stimulated CaCo-2BBe cells with the cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α for 6 and 24 hours and measured STARD7 mRNA expression.