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Genetic dissection of granulomatous enterocolitis and arthritis in the intramural peptidoglycan-polysaccharide-treated rat model of IBD.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Dec 2009
Bleich A, Hopf S, Hedrich H J, van Lith H A, Li F, Balfour Sartor R, Mähler M
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BACKGROUND: Inflammatory arthropathies are common extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). As genetic susceptibility plays an important role in the etiology of IBD, we questioned how granulomatous enterocolitis and arthritis are genetically controlled in an experimental animal model displaying both conditions. METHODS: Chronic intestinal and systemic inflammation was induced by...
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