Epidermal growth factor attenuates Clostridium difficile toxin A- and B- induced damage of human colonic mucosa

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 273, Issue 5 36-5, 1997, Pages

  Riegler, Martin ^a   Sedivy, Roland ^a   Sogukoglu, Tacettin ^a   Castagliuolo, Ignazio ^c   Pothoulakis, Charalabos ^c,d   Cosentini, Enrico ^a   Bischof, Georg ^a   Hamilton, Gerhard ^a   Teleky, Bela ^a   Feil, Wolfgang ^b   Lamont, J Thomas ^c   Wenzl, E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterotoxins; Genistein; Human colonic epithelium

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; F ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN; GENISTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; COLON INJURY; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE NECROSIS; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030669574     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1997.273.5.g1014     Document Type: Article

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