Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-Induced Acute Colitis in the Rat.
- Journal:
- Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)
- Year:
- 2016
- Authors:
- Martin, Jérôme C et al.
- Affiliation:
- INSERM UMR1064 · France
- Species:
- rodent
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are complex multifactorial disease thought to result from inappropriate immune responses to the gut microbiota, in genetically susceptible individuals, under the influence of environmental factors. Among the different animal models developed to help in understanding IBDs pathophysiological mechanisms as well as to achieve pharmacological preclinical studies, the dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis model is the most widely used because of its simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and similarity with human IBDs. This section provides with a detailed protocol that we validated in our laboratory to perform DSS-induced acute colitis in the Sprague-Dawley (SPD) rat.
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