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Autophagy as an important process in gut homeostasis and Crohn's disease pathogenesis (2008)
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Xavier, R. J., Huett, A., & Rioux, J. D. (2008). Autophagy as an important process in gut homeostasis and Crohn's disease pathogenesis. Gut, 57(6), 717-720. https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2007.134254

Crohns disease (CD) is a complex polygenic trait whereby multiple genetic and non-genetic risk factors contribute to disease susceptibility. Association testing is a statistical approach commonly used for identifying genetic risk factors for complex/... Read More about Autophagy as an important process in gut homeostasis and Crohn's disease pathogenesis.

DLG1 is an anchor for the E3 ligase MARCH2 at sites of cell-cell contact (2007)
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Cao, Z., Huett, A., Kuballa, P., Giallourakis, C., & Xavier, R. J. (2008). DLG1 is an anchor for the E3 ligase MARCH2 at sites of cell-cell contact. Cellular Signalling, 20(1), 73-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.08.019

PDZ domain containing molecular scaffolds plays a central role in organizing synaptic junctions. Observations in Drosophila and mammalian cells have implicated that ubiquitination and endosomal trafficking, of molecular scaffolds are critical to the... Read More about DLG1 is an anchor for the E3 ligase MARCH2 at sites of cell-cell contact.

DLGH1 is a negative regulator of T-lymphocyte proliferation (2007)
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Stephenson, L. M., Sammut, B., Graham, D. B., Chan-Wang, J., Brim, K. L., Huett, A. S., …Swat, W. (2007). DLGH1 is a negative regulator of T-lymphocyte proliferation. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 27(21), 7574-7581. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.00439-07

Discs large homolog 1 (DLGH1), a founding member of the membrane-associated guanylate kinase family of proteins containing Postsynaptic Density-95/Discs large/Zona Occludens-1 domains, is an ortholog of the Drosophila tumor suppressor gene Discs larg... Read More about DLGH1 is a negative regulator of T-lymphocyte proliferation.

Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis (2007)
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Rioux, J. D., Xavier, R. J., Taylor, K. D., Silverberg, M. S., Goyette, P., Huett, A., …Brant, S. R. (2007). Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis. Nature Genetics, 39(5), 596-604. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng2032

We present a genome-wide association study of ileal Crohn disease and two independent replication studies that identify several new regions of association to Crohn disease. Specifically, in addition to the previously established CARD15 and IL23R asso... Read More about Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis.

Organ-specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (2004)
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Wiles, S., Clare, S., Harker, J., Huett, A., Young, D., Dougan, G., & Frankel, G. (2004). Organ-specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. Cellular Microbiology, 7(3), 459. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00479.x

In the article by Wiles et al. (2004) the wild-type Citrobacter rodentium (and naladixic acid-resistant derivative) strain used was not David Schauer's DBS100 (Schauer et al., 1993) but ICC168 which is a wild-type strain (formally Citrobacter freundi... Read More about Organ-specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium.

Impaired immunity to intestinal bacterial infection in stromelysin-1 (matrix metalloproteinase-3)-deficient mice (2004)
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Li, C. K., Pender, S. L., Pickard, K. M., Chance, V., Holloway, J. A., Huett, A., …MacDonald, T. T. (2004). Impaired immunity to intestinal bacterial infection in stromelysin-1 (matrix metalloproteinase-3)-deficient mice. Journal of Immunology, 173(8), 5171-5179. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.173.8.5171

Infection of mice with the intestinal bacterial pathogen Citrobacter rodentium results in colonic mucosal hyperplasia and a local Th1 inflammatory response similar to that seen in mouse models of inflammatory bowel disease. Matrix metalloproteinases... Read More about Impaired immunity to intestinal bacterial infection in stromelysin-1 (matrix metalloproteinase-3)-deficient mice.

Mucosal vaccination against serogroup B meningococci: Induction of bactericidal antibodies and cellular immunity following intranasal immunization with NadA of Neisseria meningitidis and mutants of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin (2004)
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Bowe, F., Lavelle, E. C., McNeela, E. A., Hale, C., Clare, S., Arico, B., …Mills, K. H. (2004). Mucosal vaccination against serogroup B meningococci: Induction of bactericidal antibodies and cellular immunity following intranasal immunization with NadA of Neisseria meningitidis and mutants of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin. Infection and Immunity, 72(7), 4052-4060. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.72.7.4052-4060.2004

Conjugated polysaccharide vaccines protect against serogroup C meningococci. However, this approach cannot be applied to serogroup B, which is still a major cause of meningitis. We evaluated the immunogenicity of three surface-exposed proteins from s... Read More about Mucosal vaccination against serogroup B meningococci: Induction of bactericidal antibodies and cellular immunity following intranasal immunization with NadA of Neisseria meningitidis and mutants of Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin.

Organ specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (2004)
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Wiles, S., Clare, S., Harker, J., Huett, A., Young, D., Dougan, G., & Frankel, G. (2004). Organ specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. Cellular Microbiology, 6(10), 963-972. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2004.00414.x

Citrobacter rodentium belongs to a family of human and animal enteric pathogens that includes the clinically significant enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). These pathogens use attaching and effacing (A/E)... Read More about Organ specificity, colonization and clearance dynamics in vivo following oral challenges with the murine pathogen Citrobacter rodentium.

Central role for B lymphocytes and CD4+ T cells in immunity to infection by the attaching and effacing pathogen Citrobacter rodentium (2003)
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Simmons, C. P., Clare, S., Ghaem-Maghami, M., Uren, T. K., Rankin, J., Huett, A., …Dougan, G. (2003). Central role for B lymphocytes and CD4+ T cells in immunity to infection by the attaching and effacing pathogen Citrobacter rodentium. Infection and Immunity, 71(9), 5077-5086. https://doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.9.5077-5086.2003

Citrobacter rodentium, an attaching-effacing bacterial pathogen, establishes an acute infection of the murine colonic epithelium and induces a mild colitis in immunocompetent mice. This study describes the role of T-cell subsets and B lymphocytes in... Read More about Central role for B lymphocytes and CD4+ T cells in immunity to infection by the attaching and effacing pathogen Citrobacter rodentium.

Vaccines against human enteric bacterial pathogens (2002)
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Dougan, G., Huett, A., & Clare, S. (2002). Vaccines against human enteric bacterial pathogens. British Medical Bulletin, 62(1), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/bmb/62.1.113

The development of vaccines against enteric bacterial pathogens presents a challenge because of the large number of pathogens capable of causing disease and the requirement to induce immunity that is effective in the gut. A new generation of enteric... Read More about Vaccines against human enteric bacterial pathogens.

Host/pathogen interactions at mucosal surfaces: Immune consequences (2002)
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Clare, S., Huett, A., & Dougan, G. (2002). Host/pathogen interactions at mucosal surfaces: Immune consequences. Research in Microbiology, 153(7), 455-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0923-2508%2802%2901345-1

The mucosal immune system has evolved to protect the host against the establishment of infections at or through the mucosal surfaces of the body. Protective immunity must be activated to specific pathogenic agents or their products but inappropriate... Read More about Host/pathogen interactions at mucosal surfaces: Immune consequences.