In mice with DSS colitis, GEPON significantly attenuated pathological manifestations in the large intestine.
In plain wordsIn mice with DSS colitis, GEPON reduced signs of disease in the large intestine.
- Peptide
- Gepon
- Outcome
- DecreaseLarge-intestine pathological manifestations
- Study
mousen: not reported in source
DSS colitis in C57BL/6 mice- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal protection · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · intraperitonealAs given in this study (mouse).
Source sentences
We report that GEPON intraperitoneal injections significantly attenuated DSS-induced pathological manifestations in the large intestine, bloody diarrhoea, and body weight loss in C57BL/6 mice.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
A pharmaceutical grade synthetic tetradecapeptide Thr-Glu-Lys-Lys-Arg-Arg-Glu-Thr-Val-Glu-Arg-Glu-Lys-Glu (GEPON) that mimics the ezrin protein hinge region was studied in dextran sodium sulphate-induced murine experimental colitis (DSS colitis).