Colonic mucosal and cytobrush sample cytokine mRNA expression in canine inflammatory bowel disease and their correlation with disease activity, endoscopic and histopathologic score

Alexandros O. Konstantinidis; Katerina K. Adamama-Moraitou; Dimitra Pardali; Chrysostomos I. Dovas; Georgia D. Brellou; Theologos Papadopoulos; Albert E. Jergens; Karin Allenspach; Timoleon S. Rallis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0245713

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Colonic mucosal and cytobrush sample cytokine mRNA expression in canine inflammatory bowel disease and their correlation with disease activity, endoscopic and histopathologic score

Alexandros O. Konstantinidis ,

Roles Writing – original draft

* E-mail: alexandroskonstantinidis@gmail.com

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0445-2229

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Katerina K. Adamama-Moraitou,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Dimitra Pardali,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Chrysostomos I. Dovas,

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Georgia D. Brellou,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Theologos Papadopoulos,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Albert E. Jergens,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA, United States of America
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Karin Allenspach,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, IA, United States of America
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Timoleon S. Rallis †

† Deceased.

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Companion Animal Clinic (Medicine Unit), School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Colonic mucosal and cytobrush sample cytokine mRNA expression in canine inflammatory bowel disease and their correlation with disease activity, endoscopic and histopathologic score

Alexandros O. Konstantinidis,
Katerina K. Adamama-Moraitou,
Dimitra Pardali,
Chrysostomos I. Dovas,
Georgia D. Brellou,
Theologos Papadopoulos,
Albert E. Jergens,
Karin Allenspach,
Timoleon S. Rallis

Published: January 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245713

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