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Colitis locus on chromosome 2 impacting the severity of early-onset disease in mice deficient in GPX1 and GPX2.
Inflammatory bowel diseases - 1 Jun 2011
Esworthy R Steven, Kim Byung-Wook, Larson Garrett P, Yip M L Richard, Smith David D, Li Min, Chu Fong-Fong
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic background has a profound effect on inflammatory bowel disease. The Gpx1 and Gpx2 double knockout (GPX1/2-DKO) mice on a mixed C57BL/6 (B6) and 129S1/SvimJ (129) background exhibit spontaneous ileocolitis. The DKO mice on a B6 background have mild ileocolitis. We characterized the 129 DKO mice to identify a genetic locus affecting disease severity. METHODS: We backcrossed B6;129 DKO mice to...
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