A role for transcription factor NF-kappa B in intestinal inflammation

PMID: 10207726
Source: Int J Colorectal Dis
Publication date: 1999-04-20
Year: 1999

Abstract

Transgenic rats with a high level of expression of the human major histocompatibility complex class I molecule HLA-B27 develop chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and arthritis. Assessment of the cecal microflora showed a rise in numbers of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp., corresponding to the presence and severity of IBD in these rats.