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Increased survival of CFTR knockout mice with an oral osmotic laxative.
Laboratory animal science - 1 Dec 1996
Clarke L L, Gawenis L R, Franklin C L, Harline M C
Abstract excerpt
Mouse models of cystic fibrosis that are generated by targeted disruption (knockout) of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene, cftr(-/-), typically die shortly after weaning, from intestinal obstruction/rupture caused by an inability to secrete fluid into the bowel lumen. We investigated the use of a commercial osmotic laxative, Colyte, provided continuously in the drinking water, to...
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