Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 913-927 , September 2005

CpG Motifs of Bacterial DNA Essentially Contribute to the Perpetuation of Chronic Intestinal Inflammation

  • Florian Obermeier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Florian Obermeier, MD, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, D-93042 Regensburg, Germany.fax: (49) 941 9447123.
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  • Nadja Dunger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Ulrike G. Strauch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Claudia Hofmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Andre Bleich

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Nicole Grunwald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Hans J. Hedrich

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Elisabeth Aschenbrenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Brigitte Schlegelberger

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Gerhard Rogler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Jürgen Schölmerich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Werner Falk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Received 26 May 2004 ,Accepted 26 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.06.061

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 913-927 , September 2005

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