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Defective macrophage handling of Escherichia coli in Crohn's disease.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Aug 2015
Elliott T R, Hudspith B N, Rayment N B, Prescott N J, Petrovska L, Hermon-Taylor J, Brostoff J, Boussioutas A, Mathew C G, Sanderson J D
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BACKGROUND AND AIM: Escherichia coli can be isolated from lamina propria macrophages in Crohn's disease (CD), and their intramacrophage persistence may provide a stimulus for inflammation. To further determine the contributions of macrophage dysfunction and E. coli pathogenicity to this, we aimed...
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