Milk Fat Globules Hamper Adhesion of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli to Enterocytes: In Vitro and in Vivo Evidence

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC; E. coli) are food-borne agents associated with gastroenteritis, enterocolitis, bloody diarrhea and the hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Bovine milk glycans have been shown to contain oligosaccharides which are similar to host epithelial cell receptors and ca...

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Main Authors: Thomas Douëllou, Wessam Galia, Stéphane Kerangart, Thierry Marchal, Nadège Milhau, Renaud Bastien, Marion Bouvier, Samuel Buff, Marie-Christine Montel, Delphine Sergentet-Thevenot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00947/full