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Adherence of DiarrheagenicEscherichia coliStrains to Epithelial Cells

Year: 2004

Type: review

Abstract: An important early step in the colonization of the human gastrointestinal tract by bacteria is the adhesion of the organism to the host surface. Although adhesion is essential to maintain members of the normal microflora in the intestine, it is also the critical early phase in all diarrheal infections caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. It is important, therefore, to fully understand the mechanisms underlying E. coli adhesion and in that way to be able to develop methods of maintaining the intestinal normal microflora and to prevent pathogenic E. coli from initiating an infectious process.

Source: Infection and Immunity

DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.1.18-29.2005

Authors: Alfredo G. Torres, Xin Zhou, James B. Kaper

Institutions: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Language: English

Topic: Escherichia coli research studies

Subfield: Endocrinology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases