Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS) Induces Colitis in Mice by Forming Nano-Lipocomplexes with Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acids in the Colon

Hamed Laroui; Sarah A. Ingersoll; Hong Chun Liu; Mark T. Baker; Saravanan Ayyadurai; Moiz A. Charania; Famina Laroui; Yutao Yan; Shanthi V. Sitaraman; Didier Merlin

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032084

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Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS) Induces Colitis in Mice by Forming Nano-Lipocomplexes with Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acids in the Colon

Hamed Laroui ,

* E-mail: hlaroui@gsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Sarah A. Ingersoll,

Affiliations Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Hong Chun Liu,

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Mark T. Baker,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Saravanan Ayyadurai,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Moiz A. Charania,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Famina Laroui,

Affiliation Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Yutao Yan,

Affiliations Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Shanthi V. Sitaraman,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Didier Merlin

Affiliations Department of Biology, Center Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America
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Dextran Sodium Sulfate (DSS) Induces Colitis in Mice by Forming Nano-Lipocomplexes with Medium-Chain-Length Fatty Acids in the Colon

Hamed Laroui,
Sarah A. Ingersoll,
Hong Chun Liu,
Mark T. Baker,
Saravanan Ayyadurai,
Moiz A. Charania,
Famina Laroui,
Yutao Yan,
Shanthi V. Sitaraman,
Didier Merlin

Published: March 9, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032084

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