Binding of Clostridium difficile to Caco-2 epithelial cell line and to extracellular matrix proteins

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 211-218

  Cerquetti, Marina ^a   Serafino, Annalucia ^b   Sebastianelli, Annalisa ^a   Mastrantonio, Paola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basolateral adhesion; Caco 2 cell; Clostridium difficile; Extracellular matrix protein binding

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CACO-2 CELLS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0037128131     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(01)00301-7     Document Type: Article

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