Interleukin-24 regulates mucosal remodeling in inflammatory bowel diseases

Table 3 Determination method of disease activity index (DAI) in DSS-induced colitis model of mice

Partial score	Stool consistency	Bleeding	General conditions
0	Normal	None	Normal
1	Soft pellets	Blood spots in stool	Hunchbacked, piloerection
2	Formed, but thin pellets	Deep red stool, perianal bleeding	Hunchbacked, piloerection, reduced locomotor activity
3	Liquid, diarrhea	Gross bleeding	–

DAI was determined individually determined in each day of the experiment by summing partial scores of disease symptoms

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