<it>Lactobacillus rhamnosus </it>GR-1 enhances NF-kappaB activation in <it>Escherichia coli</it>-stimulated urinary bladder cells through TLR4

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Epithelial cells of the urinary tract recognize pathogenic bacteria through pattern recognition receptors on their surface, such as toll-like receptors (TLRs), and mount an immune response through the activation of the NF-kappaB path...

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Main Authors: Karlsson Mattias, Scherbak Nikolai, Reid Gregor, Jass Jana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/15