HYPOXIC STRESS, HEPATOCYTES AND CACO-2 VIABILITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO Shigella flexneri INVASION
SUMMARY Inflammation due to Shigella flexneri can cause damage to the colonic mucosa and cell death by necrosis and apoptosis. This bacteria can reach the bloodstream in this way, and the liver through portal veins. Hypoxia is a condition present in many human diseases, and it may induce bacterial t...
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Universidade de São Paulo
2013-09-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652013000500341&lng=en&tlng=en |