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A novel model of appendicitis and appendectomy to investigate inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis and remediation

The appendix contains copious lymphoid tissue and is constantly exposed to gut flora. Appendicitis and appendectomy (AA) has been shown to prevent or significantly ameliorate ulcerative colitis. In our novel murine AA model, the only existing experimental model of AA, the appendiceal pathology close...

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Autor principal: Cheluvappa, Rajkumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082674/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24999306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1480-9222-16-10