digestive/alimentary system
• adult double homozygotes do NOT develop spontaneous gastric hyperplasia or gastric adenomas
• however, double homozygotes exhibit enhanced colitis in response to DSS-mediated intestinal injury, as shown by increased inflammation, crypt damage, severe weight loss, and increased morbidity relative to wild-type or Il11ra1tm1Wehi mice
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immune system
• adult double homozygotes do NOT develop spontaneous gastric hyperplasia or gastric adenomas
• however, double homozygotes exhibit enhanced colitis in response to DSS-mediated intestinal injury, as shown by increased inflammation, crypt damage, severe weight loss, and increased morbidity relative to wild-type or Il11ra1tm1Wehi mice
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