Interleukin-13 and interleukin-33 mRNA are underexpressed in the duodenal mucosa of German Shepherd dogs with chronic enteropathy.
Aarti KathraniVictor LezcanoEdward J HallAlbert E JergensYeon-Jung SeoJonathan P MochelTodd AtherlyKarin AllenspachPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2019)
Similar to human patients with ulcerative colitis, a subtype of human inflammatory bowel disease, these data indicate that Th2 cytokines may be involved in the pathogenesis of CE in GSDs.