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ArticlePloS one2012

Role of heat-stable enterotoxins in the induction of early immune responses in piglets after infection with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Michaela Loos, Marisa Geens, Stijn Schauvliege, Frank Gasthuys, Jan van der Meulen, J Daniel Dubreuil, Bruno M Goddeeris, Theo Niewold, Eric Cox

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Michaela LoosLaboratory of Veterinary Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium. michaela.loos@ugent.be
Marisa Geens
Stijn Schauvliege
Frank Gasthuys
Jan van der Meulen
J Daniel Dubreuil
Bruno M Goddeeris
Theo Niewold
Eric Cox
Ghent University · BEKU Leuven · BEInstitute of Animal Sciences · CNUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains that produce heat-stable (ST) and/or heat-labile (LT) enterotoxins are cause of post-weaning diarrhea in piglets. However, the relative importance of the different enterotoxins in host immune responses against ETEC infection has been poorly defined. In the present study, several isogenic mutant strains of an O149:F4ac(+), LT(+) STa(+) STb(+) ETEC strain were constructed that lack the expression of LT in combination with one or both types of ST enterotoxins (STa and/or STb). The small intestinal segment perfusion (SISP) technique and microarray analysis were used to study host early immune responses induced by these mutant strains 4 h after infection in comparison to the wild type strain and a PBS control. Simultaneously, net fluid absorption of pig small intestinal mucosa was measured 4 h after infection, allowing us to correlate enterotoxin secretion with gene regulation. Microarray analysis showed on the one hand a non-toxin related general antibacterial response comprising genes such as PAP, MMP1 and IL8. On the other hand, results suggest a dominant role for STb in small intestinal secretion early after post-weaning infection, as well as in the induced innate immune response through differential regulation of immune mediators like interleukin 1 and interleukin 17.

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AbsorptionAnimalsDNA PrimersEnterotoxigenic Escherichia coliEnterotoxinsGenotypeImmune SystemInterleukin-1Interleukin-17Interleukin-8Intestinal MucosaMatrix Metalloproteinase 1Oligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPerfusionPhenotypeSoftwareDNA PrimersEnterotoxinsInterleukin-1Interleukin-17Interleukin-8Matrix Metalloproteinase 1

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PMID22815904
PMCPMC3398878
OpenAlexW2109606126

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