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O-antigen modulates infection-induced pain states.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Rudick Charles N, Jiang Mingchen, Yaggie Ryan E, Pavlov Vladimir I, Done Joseph, Heckman Charles J, Whitfield Christopher, Schaeffer Anthony J, Klumpp David J
Abstract excerpt
The molecular initiators of infection-associated pain are not understood. We recently found that uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) elicited acute pelvic pain in murine urinary tract infection (UTI). UTI pain was due to E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and its receptor, TLR4, but pain was not correlated with inflammation. LPS is known to drive inflammation by interactions between the acylated lipid A component and...
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