Helicobacter hepaticus urease is not required for intestinal colonization but promotes hepatic inflammation in male A/JCr mice

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-24

  Ge, Zhongming ^a   Lee, Amy ^a   Whary, Mark T ^a   Rogers, Arlin B ^a   Maurer, Kirk J ^a   Taylor, Nancy S ^a   Schauer, David B ^a   Fox, James G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; H. hepaticus; Isogenic mutant; Urease; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UREASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CLUSTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HEPATITIS; INOCULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED A; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UREASE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MUS;

EID: 44649092624     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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