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Genetically engineered mouse models for studying inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Mizoguchi Atsushi,
Takeuchi Takahito,
Himuro Hidetomo,
Okada Toshiyuki,
Mizoguchi Emiko
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.4640
Subject(s) - inflammatory bowel disease , genetically engineered , mechanism (biology) , immune system , biology , genetically modified organism , immunology , knockout mouse , disease , inflammation , gene knockout , human disease , computational biology , gene , medicine , genetics , pathology , philosophy , epistemology
Inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD ) is a chronic intestinal inflammatory condition that is mediated by very complex mechanisms controlled by genetic, immune, and environmental factors. More than 74 kinds of genetically engineered mouse strains have been established since 1993 for studying IBD . Although mouse models cannot fully reflect human IBD , they have provided significant contributions for not only understanding the mechanism, but also developing new therapeutic means for IBD . Indeed, 20 kinds of genetically engineered mouse models carry the susceptibility genes identified in human IBD , and the functions of some other IBD susceptibility genes have also been dissected out using mouse models. Cutting‐edge technologies such as cell‐specific and inducible knockout systems, which were recently employed to mouse IBD models, have further enhanced the ability of investigators to provide important and unexpected rationales for developing new therapeutic strategies for IBD . In this review article, we briefly introduce 74 kinds of genetically engineered mouse models that spontaneously develop intestinal inflammation. Copyright © 2015 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.