… In this study, we investigated interactions between intestinal epithelial cells and clinical K.
pneumoniae strains that cause systemic infections. We used human intestinal cells to identify K…

… Klebsiella pneumoniae J (KLPJ), from the colon tissues of patients with colitis. This strain of
bacteria could induce the production of mature IL18 in colon epithelial cells and gut … colon …

… cells induces apoptosis, as occurs with other pathogens that invade intestinal epithelial
cells (17), and promotes the elimination of infected cells from the airway epithelium via cellular …

… pneumoniae strains were used to infect intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells to study the … TLL1
participates in K. pneumoniae adhesion and invasion of intestinal epithelial cells by activating …

… The presence of a capsule was shown to reduce the adhesion of enterotoxigenic Escherichia
coli to pig intestinal epithelial cells (27) and ofNeisseria meningitidis to both mucosal and …

… pneumoniae infections may be preceded by gastrointestinal colonization, but the basis of …
’s interaction with the intestinal epithelium remains unclear. Here, we report that the K. …

… Human embryonic intestinal epithelial INT407 cells were grown in minimal essential medium
containing 10% FBS, 2 mM glutamine, and 0.1 mM nonessential amino acids. Cells were …

… intestinal mucosa decreases with age, allowing K. pneumoniae to readily invade the intestinal
epithelium … intestinal epithelium is essential for maintaining the intestinal mucosal barrier. …

… Human bladder epithelial cell line T24, human ileocecal epithelial cell line HCT-8, and
embryonic intestinal epithelial cell line INT 407 were cultivated as described by Oelschlaeger and …

… Infections are frequently preceded by gastrointestinal colonization, and the gastrointestinal
… strains, our results reveal that, with respect to adhesion to and invasion of epithelial cells, K. …