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Genetic background of IL-10(-/-) mice alters host-pathogen interactions with Campylobacter jejuni and influences disease phenotype.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Oct 2008
Mansfield L S, Patterson J S, Fierro B R, Murphy A J, Rathinam V A, Kopper J J, Barbu N I, Onifade T J, Bell J A
Abstract excerpt
We hypothesized that particular genetic backgrounds enhance rates of colonization, increase severity of enteritis, and allow for extraintestinal spread when inbred IL-10(-/-) mice are infected with pathogenic C. jejuni. Campylobacter jejuni stably colonized C57BL/6 and NOD mice, while congenic strains lacking IL-10 developed typhlocolitis following colonization that mimicked human campylobacteriosis. However,...
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