... of CD, however, is highly similar between dogs and humans, with characteristic signs, such as abdominal obesity, weight gain, fatigue, muscle atrophy and skin changes. Canine CD may therefore serve as an animal model for human CD, especially since therapeutic canine hypophysectomy can generate...

... production of IL-6. The IL-6 transgenic mice represent a faithful animal model of the growth impairment associated with chronic inflammation and may therefore provide information relevant to the understanding and treatment of this complication of inflammatory diseases. 17 11 2004 © 2002 S. Karger...

... in colitic animals compared with pair-fed indicating that the inflammatory process per se inhibits growth and is independent of undernutrition. Crohn’s disease Cytokines Growth Animal model Young patients with Crohn’s disease have normal stimulated and spontaneous growth hormone (GH...