Dock2 affects the host susceptibility to Citrobacter rodentium infection through regulating gut microbiota

Abstract Background Dysregulated gut microbiota is one of major pathogenic factors in the development of colitis. Dock2 acts as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) and activates small G protein RAC1. Our previous study showed that, compared to wild type (WT) mice, Dock2 −/− mice were more sus...

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Main Authors: Yuan Xie, Jun Chen, Bing Wu, Tiansheng He, Lu Xie, Zhiping Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Gut Pathogens
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13099-021-00449-x