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ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS
卷 59, 期 11, 页码 1073-1083出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2007.07.003
关键词
inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; animal models; epithelial barrier; mucosal immune system
Animal models of intestinal inflammation are indispensable for our understanding of the pathogenesis of Crohn disease and Ulcerative colitis, the idiopathic forms of inflammatory bowel disease in humans. The clinical appearance of human IBD is heterogeneous, a fact that is also reflected by the steadily increasing number of mouse strains displaying IBD like intestinal alterations. The analysis of these models together with genetic studies in humans greatly enhanced our insights into irnmunoregulatory processes in the gut and led to the generally accepted hypothesis that a deregulated immune response against components of the intestinal microbiota is critically involved in IBD pathophysiology. In this article we provide a brief overview of selected mouse models of IBD and discuss their contribution to the current understanding of disease mechanisms that contribute to IBD. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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