Bacteria in cancer initiation, promotion and progression

G El Tekle, WS Garrett - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer cells originate from a series of acquired genetic mutations that can drive their
uncontrolled cell proliferation and immune evasion. Environmental factors, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Organoids as host models for infection biology–a review of methods

C Aguilar, M Alves da Silva, M Saraiva… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Infectious diseases are a major threat worldwide. With the alarming rise of antimicrobial
resistance and emergence of new potential pathogens, a better understanding of the …

One species, different diseases: the unique molecular mechanisms that underlie the pathogenesis of typhoidal Salmonella infections

BX Wang, DSC Butler, M Hamblin… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Salmonella enterica is comprised of non-typhoidal and typhoidal
serovars.•Typhoidal Salmonella causes enteric fever instead of self-limiting …

[HTML][HTML] The role of microbiota in primary sclerosing cholangitis and related biliary malignancies

B Özdirik, T Müller, A Wree, F Tacke… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is an immune-related cholangiopathy characterized by
biliary inflammation, cholestasis, and multifocal bile duct strictures. It is associated with high …

[HTML][HTML] Bioengineered Co-culture of organoids to recapitulate host-microbe interactions

MB Kim, S Hwangbo, S Jang, YK Jo - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
The recent spike in the instances of complex physiological host-microbe interactions has
raised the demand for developing in vitro models that recapitulate the microbial …

Determinants of persistent Salmonella infections

K Ehrhardt, AL Becker, GA Grassl - Current Opinion in Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•While TS persistence is mostly asymptomatic, nontyphoidal Salmonella serovars
often remain symptomatic during persistence.•Anti-inflammatory M2-like macrophages are a …

[HTML][HTML] Advances towards the use of gastrointestinal tumor patient-derived organoids as a therapeutic decision-making tool

J Obreque, L Vergara-Gómez, N Venegas, H Weber… - Biological Research, 2023 - Springer
Abstract In December 2022 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed the
requirement that drugs in development must undergo animal testing before clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Organoids in recapitulating tumorigenesis driven by risk factors: Current trends and future perspectives

J Zhang, L Wang, Q Song, M Xiao, J Gao… - … Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Environmental and exogenous/endogenous factors, in a setting of individual genetic
predisposition, contribute to the cancer development. Over the years, epidemical evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Genotoxin-producing Salmonella enterica induces tissue-specific types of DNA damage and DNA damage response outcomes

M Lopez Chiloeches, A Bergonzini… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Typhoid toxin-expressing Salmonella enterica causes DNA damage in the
intestinal mucosa in vivo, activating the DNA damage response (DDR) in the absence of …

[HTML][HTML] Defence and adaptation mechanisms of the intestinal epithelium upon infection

A Iftekhar, M Sigal - International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021 - Elsevier
The intestinal epithelium is a monolayer of polarized columnar cells that act as a border
between the host and its environment and are the first line of defence against the luminal …