A New Mouse Model That Spontaneously Develops Chronic Liver Inflammation and Fibrosis.

Here we characterize a new animal model that spontaneously develops chronic inflammation and fibrosis in multiple organs, the non-obese diabetic inflammation and fibrosis (N-IF) mouse. In the liver, the N-IF mouse displays inflammation and fibrosis particularly evident around portal tracts and centr...

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Main Authors: Nina Fransén-Pettersson, Nadia Duarte, Julia Nilsson, Marie Lundholm, Sofia Mayans, Åsa Larefalk, Tine D Hannibal, Lisbeth Hansen, Anja Schmidt-Christensen, Fredrik Ivars, Susanna Cardell, Richard Palmqvist, Björn Rozell, Dan Holmberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4956255?pdf=render