Mechanisms of enteroaggregative escherichia coli flagellin-induced IL-8 secretion from epithelial cells

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) is an emerging enteric pathogen that causes acute and chronic diarrhea in a number of clinical settings. EAEC diarrhea involves bacterial aggregation, adherence to intestinal epithelial cells and elaboration of several toxigenic bacterial mediators. The m...

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Main Author: Khan, Mohammed Aatif Shah
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14619