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Neonatal co-infection with helicobacter species markedly accelerates the development of inflammation-associated colonic neoplasia in IL-10(-/-) mice.
Helicobacter - 1 Dec 2007
Hale Laura P, Perera Dinushi, Gottfried Marcia R, Maggio-Price Lillian, Srinivasan Sudha, Marchuk Douglas
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is hypothesized to represent an aberrant immune response against enteric bacteria that occurs in a genetically susceptible host. Humans and mice with IBD are at markedly increased risk for colonic neoplasia. However, the long lead time required before development of inflammation-associated colon neoplasia in commonly used murine models of IBD slows the development of...
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