Chronic Trichuris muris infection causes neoplastic change in the intestine and exacerbates tumour formation in APC min/+ mice

Kelly S. Hayes; Laura J. Cliffe; Alison J. Bancroft; Simon P. Forman; Seona Thompson; Cath Booth; Richard K. Grencis

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0005708

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Chronic Trichuris muris infection causes neoplastic change in the intestine and exacerbates tumour formation in APC min/+ mice

Kelly S. Hayes,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3034-048X

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Laura J. Cliffe,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Alison J. Bancroft,

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Simon P. Forman,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Seona Thompson,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Cath Booth,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Epistem Limited, Incubator Building, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Richard K. Grencis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Richard.Grencis@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, FBMH, MAHSC, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7592-0085

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Chronic Trichuris muris infection causes neoplastic change in the intestine and exacerbates tumour formation in APC min/+ mice

Kelly S. Hayes,
Laura J. Cliffe,
Alison J. Bancroft,
Simon P. Forman,
Seona Thompson,
Cath Booth,
Richard K. Grencis

Published: June 26, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005708

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