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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Pawel Kiela
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-13705 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Billerey-Larmonier Claire C Uno Jennifer K JK Larmonier Nicolas N Midura Anna J AJ Timmermann Barbara B Ghishan Fayez K FK Kiela Pawel R PR
Inflammatory bowel diseases 20080601 6
<h4>Background</h4>Curcumin (diferulolylmethane) has been shown to have a protective role in mouse models of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and to reduce the relapse rate in human ulcerative colitis (UC), thus making it a potentially viable supportive treatment option. Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) colitis in NKT-deficient SJL/J mice has been described as Th1-mediated inflammation, whereas BALB/c mice are believed to exhibit a mixed Th1/Th2 response.<h4>Methods</h4>We therefore investi ...[more]