Bowel expression profiles of infants with gastrointestinal conditions

We have employed whole genome microarray expression profiling to identify genes differentially expressed in neonatal bowel tissues of different gastrointestinal conditions. Bowel tissues were collected from infants who underwent surgery treatment for necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). Infants with other non-inflammatory, congenital intestinal conditions were employed as the Surgical-Control. Differential whole genome microarray analysis was performed.