Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen that can cause
severe invasive infections upon ingestion with contaminated food. Clinically, listerial …

Intestinal microbiome dysbiosis has been consistently described in patients with IBD. In the
last decades, Escherichia coli, and the adherent-invasive E coli (AIEC) pathotype in …

Human enteroids—epithelial spheroids derived from primary gastrointestinal tissue—are a
promising model to study pathogen-epithelial interactions. However, accessing the apical …

The multidrug resistance phenomenon presents a major threat to the pharmaceutical
industry. This resistance is a common occurrence in several diseases and is mediated by …

The enteric nervous system (ENS) is an extensive network comprising millions of neurons
and glial cells contained within the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. The major functions of …

M cells are specialized intestinal epithelial cells that provide the main machinery for
sampling luminal microbes for mucosal immune surveillance. M cells are usually found in …

The sudden emergence of a highly transmissible and pathogenic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
in December 2019 from China and its rapid global spread has posed an international health …

The gram-positive bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is the causative agent of listeriosis, a
highly fatal opportunistic foodborne infection. Pregnant women, neonates, the elderly, and …

Virus attachment to cells plays an essential role in viral tropism and disease. Reovirus
serotypes 1 and 3 differ in the capacity to target distinct cell types in the murine nervous …

Escherichia coli O157: H7 causes bloody diarrhea and potentially fatal systemic sequelae in
humans. Cattle are most frequently identified as the primary source of infection, and E. coli …