Bacterial-epithelial contact is a key determinant of host innate immune responses to enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative Escherichia coli.

<h4>Background</h4>Enteropathogenic (EPEC) and Enteroaggregative (EAEC) E. coli have similar, but distinct clinical symptoms and modes of pathogenesis. Nevertheless when they infect the gastrointestinal tract, it is thought that their flagellin causes IL-8 release leading to neutrophil r...

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Main Authors: Lindsey A Edwards, Mona Bajaj-Elliott, Nigel J Klein, Simon H Murch, Alan D Phillips
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/7cb448ced2804feb83ff843adec5927f
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