Natural killer T (NKT) cells accelerate Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) pathology in mice
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Natural killer T (NKT) cells accelerate Shiga toxin type 2 (Stx2) pathology in mice
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a leading cause of childhood renal disease Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). The involvement of renal cytokines and chemokines is suspected to play a critical role in disease progression. In current article, we tested the hypothesis that NKT cells are involved in Stx2-induced pathology in vivo. To address this hypothesis we compared Stx2 toxicity ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00262