HIV-1 infection in humans and SIV infection in rhesus macaques are associated with mucosal damage to the gastrointestinal tract, microbial translocation and chronic immune activation. Here the authors develop a non-human primate DSS colitis model that recapitulates these aspects of the disease in uninfected rhesus macaques.
- Xing Pei Hao
- Carissa M. Lucero
- Jacob D. Estes
