The Responses of the Ribonuclease A Superfamily to Urinary Tract Infection

The lower urinary tract is routinely exposed to microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tract, yet the urothelium resists invasive infections by gut microorganisms. This infection resistance is attributed to innate defenses in the bladder urothelium, kidney epithelium, and resident or circulating...

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Main Authors: Brian Becknell, Christina Ching, John David Spencer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.02786/full