To test TWEAK/Fn14 pathway and relative agents in chronic TNBS colitis Chronic colitis was induced by rectal injection of TNBS with ethanol for 6 weeks in WT or FN14 KO BALB/c mice. Colons were harvested for gene profiling.
Oral food intake maintains gastrointestinal cell turnover and impacts the morphology and function of intestinal epithelial cells. However, the underlying mechanism is not fully elucidated, especially in the large intestine. Therefore, we analyzed the colonic epithelial cell turnover in starved and r...