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The Serotonin Neurotransmitter Modulates Virulence of Enteric Pathogens.
Cell host & microbe - 8 Jul 2020
Kumar Aman, Russell Regan M, Pifer Reed, Menezes-Garcia Zelia, Cuesta Santiago, Narayanan Sanjeev, MacMillan John B, Sperandio Vanessa
Abstract excerpt
The gut-brain axis is crucial to microbial-host interactions. The neurotransmitter serotonin is primarily synthesized in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, where it is secreted into the lumen and subsequently removed by the serotonin transporter, SERT. Here, we show that serotonin decreases virulence gene expression by enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and Citrobacter rodentium, a murine model for EHEC. The...
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