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A new animal model of postsurgical bowel inflammation and fibrosis: the effect of commensal microflora.
Gut - 1 Aug 2009
Rigby R J, Hunt M R, Scull B P, Simmons J G, Speck K E, Helmrath M A, Lund P K
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OBJECTIVE: Ileocaecal resection (ICR) is common in Crohn's disease. Inflammation and fibrosis frequently recur at the site of anastomosis or in the small intestine (SI). No animal models of postsurgical inflammation and fibrosis exist. A model of ICR was developed in interleukin 10 (IL10) null and wild-type (WT) mice to test the hypothesis that ICR promotes postsurgical inflammation and fibrosis in the SI or...
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