Inflammasome Activation Contributes to Interleukin-23 Production in Response to <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium difficile</named-content>
ABSTRACT Clostridium difficile is the most common hospital-acquired pathogen, causing antibiotic-associated diarrhea in over 250,000 patients annually in the United States. Disease is primarily mediated by toxins A and B, which induce potent proinflammatory signaling in host cells and can activate...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2015-02-01
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| Series: | mBio |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.02386-14 |