Central role for B lymphocytes and CD4+ T cells in immunity to infection by the attaching and effacing pathogen Citrobacter rodentium
(2003)
Journal Article
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.