Abstract
Vibrio cholerae induces either non-inflammatory diarrhea or inflammatory gastroenteritis, depending on the presence of cholera toxin, a fluid secretion inducer and a modulator of host immunity. In the absence of cholera toxin, other toxins induce inflammation, resulting in gastroenteritis. Thus, multiple toxins likely affect the safety of live attenuated vaccines.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1241-1247 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Microbes and Infection |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 13 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 2003 |
Funding
I thank Alan Hauser and Steve Miller for reading the manuscript. K.J.F.S. is supported by the Biomedical Research Support Program of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and NIH grant AI051490.
Keywords
- Cytokines
- Dendritic cells
- MKP-1
- Macrophage
- RTX toxin
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases