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Leptin Receptor q223r Polymorphism Influences Clostridioides difficile Infection-Induced Neutrophil CXCR2 Expression in an Interleukin-1β Dependent Manner.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2021
Horrigan Olivia, Jose Shinsmon, Mukherjee Anindita, Sharma Divya, Huber Alexander, Madan Rajat
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Neutrophils are key first-responders in the innate immune response to C. difficile infection (CDI) and play a central role in disease pathogenesis. Studies have clearly shown that tissue neutrophil numbers need to be tightly regulated for optimal CDI outcomes: while excessive colonic neutrophilia is associated with severe CDI, neutrophil depletion also results in worse outcomes. However, the biological mechanisms...
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