Journal Articles (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science)
Items in this Collection
- 2Croxen, Matthew A.
- 2Finlay, B. Brett
- 2Willing, Benjamin P.
- 1Antunes, L. Caetano M.
- 1Denamur, Erick
- 1Dion, Sara
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Small intestine early innate immunity response during intestinal colonization by Escherichia coli depends on its extra-intestinal virulence status
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Denamur, Erick, Tourret, Jérôme, Dion, Sara, Willing, Benjamin P., Wachtel, Sarah, Finlay, B. Brett, Dufour, Nicolas, Croxen, Matthew A.
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains live as commensals in the digestive tract of the host, but they can also initiate urinary tract infections. The aim of this work was to determine how a host detects the presence of a new UPEC strain in the digestive tract. Mice were orally challenged...
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The intestinal microbiota plays a role in Salmonella-induced colitis independent of pathogen colonization
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Antunes, L. Caetano M., Gill, Navkiran, Russell, Shannon L., Finlay, B. Brett, Ferreira, Rosana B., Croxen, Matthew A., Willing, Benjamin P.
The intestinal microbiota is composed of hundreds of species of bacteria, fungi and protozoa and is critical for numerous biological processes, such as nutrient acquisition, vitamin production, and colonization resistance against bacterial pathogens. We studied the role of the intestinal...