Surface-Associated Lipoproteins Link Enterococcus faecalis Virulence to Colitogenic Activity in IL-10-Deficient Mice Independent of Their Expression Levels

The commensal Enterococcus faecalis is among the most common causes of nosocomial infections. Recent findings regarding increased abundance of enterococci in the intestinal microbiota of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases and induction of colitis in IL-10-deficient (IL-10-/-) mice put a new p...

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Main Authors: Ocvirk, Soeren, Sava, Irina G., Lengfelder, Isabella, Lagkouvardos, Ilias, Steck, Natalie, Roh, Jung H., Tchaptchet, Sandrine, Bao, Yinyin, Hansen, Jonathan J., Huebner, Johannes, Carroll, Ian M., Murray, Barbara E., Sartor, R. Balfour, Haller, Dirk
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4466351/