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A three-dimensional tissue culture model for the study of attach and efface lesion formation by enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Carvalho Humberto M, Teel Louise D, Goping Gertrud, O'Brien Alison D
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We sought to develop a practical and representative model to study the interactions of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EPEC and EHEC, respectively) with human intestinal tissue. For this purpose, human intestinal epithelial HCT-8 cells were cultured under low-shear microgravity conditions in a rotating cell culture system. After 10 days, layered cell aggregates, or 'organoids',...
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