"Shigella" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A genus of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that ferments sugar without gas production. Its organisms are intestinal pathogens of man and other primates and cause bacillary dysentery (DYSENTERY, BACILLARY).
| Descriptor ID |
D012760
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.450.425.850 B03.660.250.150.730
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| 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Shigella" by people in Profiles.
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Meza-Segura M, Birtley JR, Maldonado-Contreras A, Mueller C, Simin KJ, Stern LJ, McCormick BA. SepA Enhances Shigella Invasion of Epithelial Cells by Degrading Alpha-1 Antitrypsin and Producing a Neutrophil Chemoattractant. mBio. 2021 12 21; 12(6):e0283321.
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Gosselin KB, Aboud S, McDonald CM, Moyo S, Khavari N, Manji K, Kisenge R, Fawzi W, Kellogg M, Tran HQ, Kibiki G, Gratz J, Liu J, Gewirtz A, Houpt E, Duggan C. Etiology of Diarrhea, Nutritional Outcomes, and Novel Intestinal Biomarkers in Tanzanian Infants. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2017 01; 64(1):104-108.
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McCormick BA. Shigella gets captured to gain entry. Cell Host Microbe. 2011 Jun 16; 9(6):449-50.
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K?hler H, McCormick BA, Walker WA. Bacterial-enterocyte crosstalk: cellular mechanisms in health and disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2003 Feb; 36(2):175-85.
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McCormick BA. The use of transepithelial models to examine host-pathogen interactions. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003 Feb; 6(1):77-81.