Article
Microbial, metabolomic, and immunologic dynamics in a relapsing genetic mouse model of colitis induced by T-synthase deficiency.
Gut microbes - 2 Jan 2017
Jacobs Jonathan P, Lin Lin, Goudarzi Maryam, Ruegger Paul, McGovern Dermot P B, Fornace Albert J, Borneman James, Xia Lijun, Braun Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
Intestinal dysbiosis is thought to confer susceptibility to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but it is unknown whether dynamic changes in the microbiome contribute to fluctuations in disease activity. We explored this question using mice with intestine-specific deletion of C1galt1 (also known as T-synthase) (Tsyn mice). These mice develop spontaneous microbiota-dependent colitis with a remitting/relapsing course...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteria
- Cohort Studies
- Colitis
- Colon
- Crohn Disease
- Disease Models, Animal
- Galactosyltransferases
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome
- Humans
- Mice
