Escherichia coli α-haemolysin induces focal leaks in colonic epithelium: A novel mechanism of bacterial translocation

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2530-2540

  Troeger, Hanno ^a   Richter, Jan F ^a   Beutin, Lothar ^b   Günzel, Dorothee ^a   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^c   Epple, Hans Jörg ^a   Gitter, Alfred H ^d   Zeitz, Martin ^a   Fromm, Michael ^a   Schulzke, Jörg Dieter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; CYTOKINE; HEMOLYSIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; COLON MUCOSA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; COLON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; RATTUS;

EID: 34548439904     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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