IL-2-deficient mice raised under germfree conditions develop delayed mild focal intestinal inflammation

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 6 39-6, 1999, Pages

  Schultz, Michael ^a,e   Tonkonogy, Susan L ^b   Sellon, Range K ^b   Veltkamp, Claudia ^a   Godfrey, Virginia L ^a   Kwon, Julie ^b   Grenther, Wetonia B ^b   Balish, Edward ^c   Horak, Ivan ^d   Sartor, R Balfour ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal models; Colitis; Interleukin 2 deficient mice; Luminal flora

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENTERITIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HEPATITIS; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0033000343     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.276.6.g1461     Document Type: Article

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