Neutrophil elastase alters the murine gut microbiota resulting in enhanced Salmonella colonization.

The intestinal microbiota has been found to play a central role in the colonization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the gastrointestinal tract. In this study, we present a novel process through which Salmonella benefit from inflammatory induced changes in the microbiota in order to fac...

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Main Authors: Navkiran Gill, Rosana B R Ferreira, L Caetano M Antunes, Benjamin P Willing, Inna Sekirov, Fatimah Al-Zahrani, Martin Hartmann, B Brett Finlay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3498231?pdf=render