Mouse Models of Intestinal Fibrosis

• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1382-5_26
• Publication Date: 2021-05-24T05:02:45Z
• Authors: Jiannan Li; Dina Dejanovic; Megan T. Zangara; Jyotsna Chandra; Christine McDonald; Florian Rieder
• Keywords: Male; Mice, Knockout; 0301 basic medicine; Dextran Sulfate; Colitis; Interleukin-10; 3. Good health; Disease Models, Animal; Mice; 03 medical and health sciences; Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid; Escherichia coli; Animals; Humans

Mouse models are essential for investigation of underlying disease mechanisms that drive intestinal fibrosis, as well as assessment of potential therapeutic approaches to either prevent or resolve fibrosis. Here we describe several common mouse models of intestinal inflammation and fibrosis, including chemically driven colitis models, a bacterially triggered colitis model, and spontaneous intestinal inflammation in genetically susceptible mouse strains. Detailed protocols are provided for dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) colitis, 2,4,6-trinitro-benzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) colitis, adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC)-triggered colitis, the interleukin-10 knockout (IL-10KO) mouse model of spontaneous colitis, and the SAMP/YitFc model of spontaneous ileocolitis.