Table 1

Animal models for chronic pancreatitis according to the type of stimulus

Model

Stimulus


Duct ligation model

Pancreatic duct ligation

Incomplete duct ligation

Occlusion with tissue glue, acrylate, glass particles

Repetitive acute pancreatitis

Serial caerulein injections

Serial L-arginine injections

Alcohol feeding

Lieber-DeCarli formula

Genetic models

Wistar Bonn/Kobori (WBN/Kob) rats

R122H transgenic mice

SPINK3-deficient (SPINK3(-/-)) mice

CFTR-deficient (cftrm1UNC) mice and CFTR(-/-) pigs

Kif3a-deficient mice

PERK-deficient (PERK(-/-)) mice

Interleukin 1β transgenic mice (elastase sshIL-1β mice)


CFTR = cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator; PERK = protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase.

Aghdassi et al. Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair 2011 4:26   doi:10.1186/1755-1536-4-26

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