TY - JOUR

T1 - Dual purpose use of preterm piglets as a model of pediatric GI disease

AU - Oosterloo, Berthe C

AU - Premkumar, Muralidhar

AU - Stoll, Barbara

AU - Olutoye, Oluyinka

AU - Thymann, Thomas

AU - Sangild, Per Torp

AU - Burrin, Douglas G

N1 - CURIS 2014 NEXS 127

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal complication in human neonates, yet the pathogenesis of this disease remains poorly understood. A fundamental approach to understanding the etiology and underlying biology of NEC is the use of in vivo experimental animal models, primarly neonatal rodents and pigs. The rodent models using rats and mice have provided a much of the experimental evidence showing the protective influence of breast milk and the role of specific molecular mechanisms involved in the premature innate immune and intestinal injury response. A key advantage of mice is the abilty to test how genetic disruption of specific genes alters the NEC phenotype. More recently, pigs have emerged as an animal model of NEC and used to establish the role of bacterial colonization, prematurity, parenteral nutrition and antibiotic therapy. This review will outline some of the advantages and disadvantages of both rodent and pig models and highlight the lessons learned about NEC pathobiology from these different experimental models.

AB - Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is the most common gastrointestinal complication in human neonates, yet the pathogenesis of this disease remains poorly understood. A fundamental approach to understanding the etiology and underlying biology of NEC is the use of in vivo experimental animal models, primarly neonatal rodents and pigs. The rodent models using rats and mice have provided a much of the experimental evidence showing the protective influence of breast milk and the role of specific molecular mechanisms involved in the premature innate immune and intestinal injury response. A key advantage of mice is the abilty to test how genetic disruption of specific genes alters the NEC phenotype. More recently, pigs have emerged as an animal model of NEC and used to establish the role of bacterial colonization, prematurity, parenteral nutrition and antibiotic therapy. This review will outline some of the advantages and disadvantages of both rodent and pig models and highlight the lessons learned about NEC pathobiology from these different experimental models.

U2 - 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.02.012

DO - 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.02.012

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 24656979

VL - 159

SP - 156

EP - 165

JO - Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

JF - Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

SN - 0165-2427

IS - 3-4

ER -