Authors

Jeffrey Ng 1, Simon A Hirota, Olaf Gross, Yan Li, Annegret Ulke-Lemee, Mireille S Potentier, L Patrick Schenck, Akosua Vilaysane, Mark E Seamone, Hanping Feng, Glen D Armstrong, Jurg Tschopp, Justin A Macdonald, Daniel A Muruve, Paul L Beck

Overview

First published in the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) journal, Gastroenterology, April 13 2010
Gastroenterology. 2010 Aug;139(2):542-52, 552.e1-3. Epub 2010 Apr 13.
PMID: 20398664 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.04.005
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea in the United States. C difficile toxins TcdA and TcdB breach the intestinal barrier and trigger mucosal inflammation and intestinal damage. The inflammasome is an intracellular danger sensor of the innate immune system. In the present study, we hypothesize that TcdA and TcdB trigger inflammasome-dependent interleukin (IL)-1beta ...