Hepatocyte growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor activator and arginine in a rat fulminant colitis model

•We developed a fulminant colitis model in adolescent rats.•The fulminant colitis model reproduces inflammatory bowel disease in humans.•The rats were treated with hepatocyte growth factor, its activator, and arginine.•The HGF treated rats had fewer days of pain.•The arginine treated rats had fewer...

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Main Authors: Zwintscher, Nathan P., Shah, Puja M., Salgar, Shashikumar K., Newton, Christopher R., Maykel, Justin A., Samy, Ahmed, Jabir, Murad, Steele, Scott R.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840393/