A newly identified subset of intestinal epithelial cells act as both the major target and a key responder in a mouse model of gut infection by the bacteria Citrobacter rodentium BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – ...
Citrobacter rodentium uses a type III secretion system (T3SS) to induce colonie crypt hyperplasia in mice, thereby gaining an edge during its competition with the gut microbiota through an unknown ...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and BC Children’s Hospital show that the sugar sialic acid, which makes up part of the protective intestinal mucus layer, fuels disease-causing ...