A Mouse Model of Intestinal Partial ObstructionSe Eun Ha *1, Lai Wei *1, Brian G. Jorgensen *1, Moon Young Lee *2, Paul J. Park 1, Sandra M. Poudrier 1, Seungil Ro 1
1Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, 2Department of Physiology, Wonkwang Digestive Disease Research Institute and Institute of Wonkwang Medical Science, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University
Intestinal obstructions are a partial or complete blockage of the intestine that can cause severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and preventing the passage of stool. This procedure for creating intestinal partial obsructions in mice is reliable in studying the mechanisms underlying pathological cell growth and death in the intestine.
