Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6136079 | Microbes and Infection | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli together represent the leading bacterial cause of human enteritis. However, the pathogenesis of this disease is poorly understood. Infection results in the formation of crypt abscesses resulting from the migration of neutrophils across the intestinal epithelium and into the intestinal crypts. In this study, we model this process in vitro and show that Campylobacter infection of epithelium results in a quantifiable increase in the directed movement of neutrophils from the basolateral to apical surface of the epithelium. This process is dependent on both bacterially derived n-formyl peptides and on the host cell enzyme 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX).
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Authors
Helen Murphy, Tristan Cogan, Tom Humphrey,