This work was supported by a research fellowship grant from the Crohn’s and Colitis in
Childhood Research Association (CICRA) and a small project grant from Crohn’s and Colitis
UK (CCUK). We would like to acknowledge Professor Ian Sanderson, who helped with the
initial design of this work, and provided important support throughout. We would also like to
thank Dr Gary Warne for his advice and assistance in the use of the sorting by flow
cytometry. We would also like to thank Dr Raj Lahiri and Professor Graham Foster for the
kind gift of the primers for the ISGs (2’5’ OAS and MxA)
