Colonic Immune Suppression, Barrier Dysfunction, and Dysbiosis by Gastrointestinal Bacillus anthracis Infection

Yaíma L. Lightfoot; Tao Yang; Bikash Sahay; Mojgan Zadeh; Sam X. Cheng; Gary P. Wang; Jennifer L. Owen; Mansour Mohamadzadeh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100532

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Colonic Immune Suppression, Barrier Dysfunction, and Dysbiosis by Gastrointestinal Bacillus anthracis Infection

Yaíma L. Lightfoot ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yaíma L. Lightfoot, Tao Yang

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Tao Yang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Yaíma L. Lightfoot, Tao Yang

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Bikash Sahay,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Mojgan Zadeh,

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Sam X. Cheng,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Gary P. Wang,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Jennifer L. Owen,

Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Mansour Mohamadzadeh

* E-mail: m.zadeh@ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Colonic Immune Suppression, Barrier Dysfunction, and Dysbiosis by Gastrointestinal Bacillus anthracis Infection

Yaíma L. Lightfoot,
Tao Yang,
Bikash Sahay,
Mojgan Zadeh,
Sam X. Cheng,
Gary P. Wang,
Jennifer L. Owen,
Mansour Mohamadzadeh

Published: June 19, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0100532

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