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,...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raczynski, Arkadiusz R. (Contributor), Muthupalani, Sureshkumar (Contributor), Schlieper, Katherine Ann (Contributor), Fox, James G. (Contributor), Tannenbaum, Steven Robert (Contributor), Schauer, David B. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2012-05-25T15:25:41Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Get fulltext