Electron acceptors induce secretion of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin under anaerobic conditions through promotion of GspD assembly

X Lu, E Fu, Y Xie, F Jin - Infection and Immunity, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT Heat-labile enterotoxin (LT), the major virulence factor of enterotoxigenic
Escherichia coli (ETEC), can lead to severe diarrhea and promotes ETEC adherence to …

[HTML][HTML] Heat-Stable Enterotoxins of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Their Impact on Host Immunity

H Wang, Z Zhong, Y Luo, E Cox, B Devriendt - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) are an important diarrhea-causing pathogen and
are regarded as a global threat for humans and farm animals. ETEC possess several …

Simultaneous exposure to Escherichia coli heat-labile and heat-stable enterotoxins increases fluid secretion and alters cyclic nucleotide and cytokine production by …

LT Read, RW Hahn, CC Thompson… - Infection and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is a significant cause of diarrheal disease and
death, especially in children in developing countries. ETEC causes disease by colonizing …

[HTML][HTML] Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli secretes active heat-labile enterotoxin via outer membrane vesicles

AL Horstman, MJ Kuehn - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2000 - ASBMB
Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria produce outer membrane vesicles during
normal growth. Vesicles may contribute to bacterial pathogenicity by serving as vehicles for …

Porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains differ in their capacity to secrete enterotoxins through varying YghG levels

H Wang, R Sanz Garcia, E Cox… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) strains are important pathogens for humans and
farm animals such as pigs. Porcine ETEC strains induce diarrhea through the production of …

[HTML][HTML] Heat-labile enterotoxin enhances F4-producing enterotoxigenic E. coli adhesion to porcine intestinal epithelial cells by upregulating bacterial adhesins and …

Q Duan, S Pang, L Feng, J Liu, L Lv, B Li, Y Liang… - Veterinary …, 2022 - Springer
As one of the crucial enterotoxins secreted by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), heat-
labile enterotoxin (LT) enhances bacterial adherence both in vivo and in vitro; however, the …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo expression of the heat stable (estA) and heat labile (eltB) toxin genes of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC)

Å Sjöling, F Qadri, M Nicklasson, YA Begum… - Microbes and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) colonize the intestine and adhere to the epithelium
by means of different host specific colonization factors (CFs). Colonizing ETEC produce one …

Molecular determinants of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli heat-stable toxin secretion and delivery

Y Zhu, Q Luo, SM Davis, C Westra… - Infection and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), a heterogeneous diarrheal pathovar defined by
production of heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (ST) toxins, causes substantial morbidity …

Heat‐labile enterotoxin‐induced activation of NF‐κB and MAPK pathways in intestinal epithelial cells impacts enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) adherence

X Wang, X Gao, PR Hardwidge - Cellular microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) causes human morbidity and mortality in
developing nations and is an emerging threat to food safety in developed nations. The ETEC …

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

JM Fleckenstein - Escherichia coli, 2013 - Elsevier
The enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) constitute a diverse pathotype which shares the
ability to secrete and effectively deliver heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (ST) enterotoxins …