Somatostatin does not attenuate intestinal injury in dextran sodium sulphate-induced subacute colitis

• Main Authors: J. D. van Bergeijk (Author), M. E. van Meeteren (Author), C. J. A. M. Tak (Author), A. P. M. van Dijk (Author), M. A. C. Meijssen (Author), J. H. P. Wilson (Author), F. J. Zijlstra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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From several in vitro and in vivo studies involvement of som atostatin (SMS) in intestinal inflammation emerge. Acute colitis induced in rats is attenuated by the long-acting SMS analogue octreotide. We studied the potential beneficial effect of SMS on non-acute experimental colitis. BALB/c mice rec...