A dietary non-human sialic acid may facilitate hemolytic-uremic syndrome

Kidney International

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-144

  Löfling, Jonas C ^a   Paton, Adrienne W ^b   Varki, Nissi M ^a   Paton, James C ^b   Varki, Ajit ^a,c  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; Food poisoning; Neu5Gc; Red meat; Sialic acid; SubAB

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; SHIGA TOXIN; SIALIC ACID;

APOPTOSIS; DIARRHEA; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 67649867400     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2009.131     Document Type: Short Survey

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