Enteric Infection with Citrobacter rodentium Induces Coagulative Liver Necrosis and Hepatic Inflammation Prior to Peak Infection and Colonic Disease

Acute and chronic forms of inflammation are known to affect liver responses and susceptibility to disease and injury. Furthermore, intestinal microbiota has been shown critical in mediating inflammatory host responses in various animal models. Using C. rodentium, a known enteric bacterial pathogen,...

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Main Authors: Raczynski, Arkadiusz R., Muthupalani, Sureshkumar, Schlieper, Katherine Ann, Fox, James G., Tannenbaum, Steven Robert, Schauer, David B.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70940
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-6116