A novel murine model of inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated colon cancer with ulcerative colitis-like features.

Mutations that increase susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been identified in a number of genes in both humans and mice, but the factors that govern how these mutations contribute to IBD pathogenesis and result in phenotypic presentation as ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn disea...

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Main Authors: Laura P Hale, Paula K Greer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3407062?pdf=render