| Literature DB >> 16369034 |
Yarery C Smith1, Kerian K Grande, Susan B Rasmussen, Alison D O'Brien.
Abstract
Human bladder 5637 cells cultivated under microgravity conditions formed organoids that displayed characteristics of in vivo tissue-specific differentiation. Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain CP9 colonized and penetrated the organoids and induced alpha-hemolysin-mediated exfoliation of uroepithelial cells. We propose these uro-organoids as models that simulate the interactions between UPEC and terminally differentiated human urothelium.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16369034 PMCID: PMC1346604 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.1.750-757.2006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441