Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced acute colitis in the rat

  • Jérôme C. Martin
  • , Gaëlle Bériou
  • , Régis Josien

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

58 Scopus citations

Abstract

Infl ammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are complex multifactorial disease thought to result from inappropriate immune responses to the gut microbiota, in genetically susceptible individuals, under the infl uence 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 sulphate 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.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages197-203
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume1371
ISSN (Print)1064-3745

Keywords

  • Animal models
  • Colitis
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Dextran sodium sulfate
  • Infl ammatory bowel disease
  • Rats
  • Ulcerative colitis

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced acute colitis in the rat'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this