Article
Inulin and Galacto-oligosaccharides Increase the Genotoxic Effect of Colibactin Produced by pks+ Escherichia Coli Strains
2020-12-07
Abstract excerpt
<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Colibactin is a genotoxin that induces double-strand DNA breaks and is produced by <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> strains harboring the <italic>pks</italic> island. Human and animal studies have shown that colibactin-producing gut bacteria promote carcinogenesis and enhance the progression of colorectal cancer through cellular senescence and chromosomal abnor...
Topics
Open a Topic to create a Post that cites this publication.
Identifiers and source
- Literature Corpus work
- f3813790-f5d1-50d7-a146-641c783a09f5
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-121125/v1
