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SUBMITTER: Chargui A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3522719 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chargui Abderrahman A Cesaro Annabelle A Mimouna Sanda S Fareh Mohamed M Brest Patrick P Naquet Philippe P Darfeuille-Michaud Arlette A Hébuterne Xavier X Mograbi Baharia B Vouret-Craviari Valérie V Hofman Paul P
PloS one 20121214 12
Invading bacteria are recognized, captured and killed by a specialized form of autophagy, called xenophagy. Recently, defects in xenophagy in Crohn's disease (CD) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of human chronic inflammatory diseases of uncertain etiology of the gastrointestinal tract. We show here that pathogenic adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) isolated from CD patients are able to adhere and invade neutrophils, which represent the first line of defense against bacteria. Of p ...[more]