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Experimental study on the effect of bft toxin isolated and purified from clinical isolates of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis on the liver, spleen and intestine of mice [PDF]

, 2022
This study includes three parts: isolation of Enterotoxigenic Bacteroid fragilis from 94 stool samples collected from different hospitals in Baghdad city from the beginning of March/2020 to the end of April/2021.
Ashwak Jasim, Hussein Khaleefah
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Case-control study on the role of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis as a cause of diarrhea among children in Kolkata, India. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
A total of 874 fecal specimens (446 diarrheal cases and 428 controls) from diarrheal children admitted in the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kolkata and age and sex matched asymptomatic subjects from an urban community were assessed for the prevalence of ...
Dharanidharan Ramamurthy, Gururaja P Pazhani, Anirban Sarkar, Ranjan K Nandy, Krishnan Rajendran, Dipika Sur, Bamkesh Manna, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy   +7 more
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Screening and epitope characterization of diagnostic nanobody against total and activated Bacteroides fragilis toxin

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) can rapidly secrete an enterotoxin termed B. fragilis toxin (BFT), which is thought to be the only recognized virulence factor in ETBF.
Yucheng Guo, Zhenlin Ouyang, Wenbo He, Jiaxin Zhang, Qian Qin, Min Jiao, Serge Muyldermans, Fang Zheng, Yurong Wen   +8 more
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In Vitro Evaluation of the Therapeutic Potential of Phage VA7 against Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Infection

Viruses, 2021
Since the beginning of the 20th century, bacteriophages (phages), i.e., viruses that infect bacteria, have been used as antimicrobial agents for treating various infections. Phage preparations targeting a number of bacterial pathogens are still in use in
Nata Bakuradze, Maya Merabishvili, Khatuna Makalatia, Elene Kakabadze, Nino Grdzelishvili, Jeroen Wagemans, Cedric Lood, Irakli Chachua, Mario Vaneechoutte, Rob Lavigne, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Ivane Abiatari, Nina Chanishvili   +12 more
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Gut colonization with an obesity-associated enteropathogenic microbe modulates the premetastatic niches to promote breast cancer lung and liver metastasis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionObesity, an independent risk factor for breast cancer growth and metastatic progression, is also closely intertwined with gut dysbiosis; and both obese state and dysbiosis promote each other.
Sheetal Parida, Sumit Siddharth, Himavanth R. Gatla, Shaoguang Wu, Guannan Wang, Guannan Wang, Kathleen Gabrielson, Kathleen Gabrielson, Cynthia L. Sears, Cynthia L. Sears, Cynthia L. Sears, Brian H. Ladle, Brian H. Ladle, Dipali Sharma   +13 more
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Bacteroides fragilis Toxin Induces Intestinal Epithelial Cell Secretion of Interleukin-8 by the E-Cadherin/β-Catenin/NF-κB Dependent Pathway

Biomedicines, 2022
Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) has emerged as a gut microbiome pathogen that can promote colitis associated cancer in humans. ETBF secretes the metalloprotease, B.
Chang-Gun Lee, Soonjae Hwang, Sun-Yeong Gwon, Chanoh Park, Minjeong Jo, Ju-Eun Hong, Ki-Jong Rhee   +6 more
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Detecção de Bacteroides fragilis enterotoxigênicos e não enterotoxigênicos de amostras fecais de crianças em São Paulo, Brasil [PDF]

, 2003
Non-enterotoxigenic bacteria of the Bacteroides fragilis group and enterotoxigenic B. fragilis were identified from children with and without aqueous acute diarrhea.
Avila-Campos, Mario J., Krzyzanowsky, Flávio   +1 more
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Genomic Diversity of Enterotoxigenic Strains of Bacteroides fragilis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Enterotoxigenic (ETBF) strains of Bacteroides fragilis are the subset of strains that secrete a toxin called fragilysin (Bft). Although ETBF strains are known to cause diarrheal disease and have recently been associated with colorectal cancer, they have ...
Jessica V Pierce, Harris D Bernstein
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Reduction of Murine Colon Tumorigenesis Driven by Enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis Using Cefoxitin Treatment [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation and composition of the colon microbiota have been associated with colorectal cancer in humans. The human commensal enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) is linked to both inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal
Casero, Robert A., Jr., Housseau, Franck, Huso, David L., O’ Hagan, Heather M., Sears, Cynthia L., Shields, Christina E. DeStefano, Van Meerbeke, Sara W., Wang, Hao   +7 more
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Gut microbiota imbalance and colorectal cancer. [PDF]

, 2016
International audienceThe gut microbiota acts as a real organ. The symbiotic interactions between resident micro-organisms and the digestive tract highly contribute to maintain the gut homeostasis.
Barnich, Nicolas, Bonnet, Mathilde, Bonnet, Richard, Bringer, Marie-Agnès, Buc, Emmanuel, Gagnière, Johan, Pezet, Denis, Raisch, Jennifer, Veziant, Julie   +8 more
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