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Experimental Models of Infection, Inflammation and Injury
- 1st Edition, Volume 168 - March 31, 2022
- Editor: David Montrose
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 9 4 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 9 9 4 6 - 8
Experimental Models of Infection, Inflammation and Injury, Volume 168 provides step-by-step protocols for scientific researchers to effectively utilize experimental model systems.… Read more
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Request a sales quoteExperimental Models of Infection, Inflammation and Injury, Volume 168 provides step-by-step protocols for scientific researchers to effectively utilize experimental model systems. Chapters in this new release include Induction and Evaluation of Murine T Cell Transfer Colitis, Modelling acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in murine bone marrow transplantation (BMT) models with MHC disparity, Mouse models of Graft-Versus-Host Disease, Preclinical Model of Multiple Sclerosis: Methods in Autoimmune Demyelination, Preclinical model of Multiple Sclerosis: focal, chemical or demyelination, Investigating demyelination, efficient remyelination and remyelination failure in organotypic cerebellar slice cultures: workflow and practical tips, and more.
Other notable sections cover Rheumatoid Arthritis: Methods for Two Murine Models, Induction of Pancreatitis in Mice with Susceptibility to Pancreatic Cancer, Small Animal Models of Thermal Injury, Large Animal Models of Thermal Injury, Small animal models of localized heart irradiation, Methods for Induction and Assessment of Intestinal Permeability in Rodent Models of Radiation Injury, and more.
- Provides precise, step-by-step guidance on how to implement experimental systems
- Presents a comprehensive background on the disease the model is being used to study
- Offers insights into how the described disease models compare to other existing systems
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Chapter 1: Induction and evaluation of murine colitis induced by T cell transfer
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Reagents and equipment
- 3: Harvesting and isolating splenocytes
- 4: Enrichment of CD4+ T cells
- 5: Antibody staining of naïve T cells
- 6: Fluorescence-assisted cell sorting (FACS) of naïve T cells
- 7: Injecting Rag1−/− mice with CD4+ CD45RBhigh T cells
- 8: Monitoring clinical disease progression
- 9: Tissue collection at the terminal time point
- 10: Disease assessment using harvested tissue
- 11: Concluding remarks
- 12: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 2: Modeling acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) in murine bone marrow transplantation (BMT) models with MHC disparity
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Conditioning of recipient mice
- 3: Preparation of donor bone marrow cells
- 4: Preparation of splenocytes
- 5: Allogeneic BMT and clinical and histological GVHD assessment
- 6: Analysis of transplant engraftment and chimerism
- 7: The B6 → B6.bm1 BMT model
- 8: The B6 → B6D2F1 BMT model
- 9: Concluding remarks
- 10: Notes
- References
- Chapter 3: Mouse models of graft-versus-host disease
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: GVHD protocols
- 3: Notes
- 4: Summary and future directions
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A
- References
- Chapter 4: Preclinical model of multiple sclerosis: Methods in autoimmune demyelination
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Active induction of EAE
- 3: Passive induction of EAE
- 4: Scoring of EAE disease severity
- 5: Quantification of demyelination
- 6: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 5: Preclinical model of multiple sclerosis: Focal, chemical or viral demyelination
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Cuprizone
- 3: Lysolecithin
- 4: Ethidium Bromide
- 5: Viral models of demyelination Theiler's murine encephalitis virus (TMEV)
- 6: Scoring for remyelination
- 7: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 6: Investigating demyelination, efficient remyelination and remyelination failure in organotypic cerebellar slice cultures: Workflow and practical tips
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials
- 3: Preparation
- 4: Dissection
- 5: Demyelination-remyelination experiments
- 6: Concluding remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 7: Rheumatoid arthritis: Methods for two murine models
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Collagen induced arthritis
- 3: TNF induced arthritis
- 4: General considerations
- 5: Concluding remarks
- 6: Notes
- Funding
- References
- Chapter 8: Induction of pancreatitis in mice with susceptibility to pancreatic cancer
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials
- 3: Methods
- 4: Notes
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Chapter 9: Small animal models of thermal injury
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Small animal models in burn studies
- 3: Small animal models replicating clinical burn pathophysiology
- 4: Post-burn responses in aged vs young animals
- 5: Differential effects based on biological sex
- 6: Scald burn model in rodents
- 7: Notes
- 8: Take-home messages
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 10: Large animal models of thermal injury
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Large animal models in burn research
- 3: Large animal models replicating clinical burn pathophysiology
- 4: Conclusion and perspective on animal models
- 5: Contact burn model in Yorkshire pigs
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 11: Small animal models of localized heart irradiation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: A model of image-guided whole heart irradiation in small experimental animals
- 3: Common histological assessments of cardiac radiation injury
- 4: Concluding remarks
- 5: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 12: Methods for induction and assessment of intestinal permeability in rodent models of radiation injury
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Models of radiation-induced gastrointestinal toxicity
- 3: Evaluation of intestinal permeability
- 4: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 13: Methods and protocols for translatable rodent models of postsurgical pain
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Procedures
- 3: Behavioral outcomes and methods
- 4: Concluding remarks
- 5: Notes
- References
- Chapter 14: Methods and protocols for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) mouse models using paclitaxel
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: CIPN models
- 3: Behavioral outcomes and methods
- 4: Concluding remarks
- 5: Notes
- References
- Chapter 15: The use of foodborne infection to evaluate bacterial pathogenesis and host response
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Foodborne L. monocytogenes infection
- 3: Enumerating bacterial burden
- 4: Assessing the host response by flow cytometry
- 5: Concluding remarks
- 6: Notes
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 16: Induction and analysis of systemic C. albicans infections in mice
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials
- 3: Methods
- 4: Notes
- References
- Chapter 17: Methods to evaluate virus-mediated acute lung inflammation
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials
- 3: Methods
- 4: Notes
- References
- Further reading
- No. of pages: 358
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 168
- Published: March 31, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323899451
- eBook ISBN: 9780323899468
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