Plakoglobin and High-Mobility Group Box 1 Mediate Intestinal Epithelial Cell Apoptosis Induced by Clostridioides difficile TcdB
ABSTRACT Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated intestinal disease, resulting in severe diarrhea and fatal pseudomembranous colitis. TcdB, one of the essential virulence factors secreted by this bacterium, induces host cell apoptosis through a poorly u...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-10-01
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Series: | mBio |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01849-22 |