Flagellin induces β-defensin 2 in human colonic ex vivo infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Lewis, Steven B ^a,b,d   Prior, Alison ^c   Ellis, Samuel J ^a,b   Cook, Vivienne ^c   Chan, Simon S M ^a,c   Gelson, William ^c,e   Schüller, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon; EHEC; Flagellin; Inflammation; Interleukin 8; defensin

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; BETA DEFENSIN 3; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYSOZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN; DEFB4A PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; IL8 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOPSY; COLON; COLON TUMOR; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BETA-DEFENSINS; BIOPSY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERLEUKIN-8; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NF-KAPPA B; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 85006200888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00068     Document Type: Article

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