Abstract
Until recently there existed no appropriate immunological animal models for human inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Today a number of models, mostly in the mouse and rat, have proved useful in the study of several aspects of IBD, including the histopathology and the disease-inductive and -protective cell types, subsets and cytokines, for example CD4+ T cells, IFN gamma, IL-12, IL-2, IL-10 and TGF beta. Furthermore, these recent IBD models make it possible to examine various chemo- and immunotherapeutic approaches. This review focuses on IBD development in adoptive T-cell transfer models and in gene-deleted mice.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Acta Pathologica Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica |
Vol/bind | 105 |
Udgave nummer | 9 |
Sider (fra-til) | 655-662 |
Antal sider | 8 |
ISSN | 0903-4641 |
Status | Udgivet - 1997 |