Pathogenic Intestinal Bacteria Enhance Prostate Cancer Development via Systemic Activation of Immune Cells in Mice

Theofilos Poutahidis; Kelsey Cappelle; Tatiana Levkovich; Chung-Wei Lee; Michael Doulberis; Zhongming Ge; James G. Fox; Bruce H. Horwitz; Susan E. Erdman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073933

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Pathogenic Intestinal Bacteria Enhance Prostate Cancer Development via Systemic Activation of Immune Cells in Mice

Theofilos Poutahidis,

Affiliations Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Kelsey Cappelle,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Tatiana Levkovich,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Chung-Wei Lee,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Michael Doulberis,

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Zhongming Ge,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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James G. Fox,

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bruce H. Horwitz,

Affiliation Department of Immunopathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Susan E. Erdman

* E-mail: serdman@mit.edu

Affiliation Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pathogenic Intestinal Bacteria Enhance Prostate Cancer Development via Systemic Activation of Immune Cells in Mice

Theofilos Poutahidis,
Kelsey Cappelle,
Tatiana Levkovich,
Chung-Wei Lee,
Michael Doulberis,
Zhongming Ge,
James G. Fox,
Bruce H. Horwitz,
Susan E. Erdman

Published: August 26, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073933

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