Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharide A is necessary and sufficient for acute activation of intestinal sensory neurons

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mao, Yu Kang ^a   Kasper, Dennis L ^b   Wang, Bingxian ^c   Forsythe, Paul ^a,c   Bienenstock, John ^a,c   Kunze, Wolfgang A ^a,c,d  

^a McMaster Brain Body Institute   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTICS; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYMBIONT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DISSECTION; EPITHELIUM; INTERMEDIATE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PYRAZOLES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84874622244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2478     Document Type: Article

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