Role of meprins to protect ileal mucosa of Crohn's disease patients from colonization by adherent-invasive E. coli.
Ileal lesions in Crohn's disease (CD) patients are colonized by pathogenic adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) able to adhere to and invade intestinal epithelial cells (IEC), and to survive within macrophages. The interaction of AIEC with IEC depends on bacterial factors mainly type 1 pil...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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| Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/92c2861a920f4b86b717e5375019dc30 |
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