Development of fatal intestinal inflammation in MyD88 deficient mice co-infected with helminth and bacterial enteropathogens.

Infections with intestinal helminth and bacterial pathogens, such as enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, continue to be a major global health threat for children. To determine whether and how an intestinal helminth parasite, Heligomosomoides polygyrus, might impact the TLR signaling pathway during th...

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Main Authors: Libo Su, Yujuan Qi, Mei Zhang, Meiqian Weng, Xichen Zhang, Chienwen Su, Hai Ning Shi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4091940?pdf=render