Luminal-Applied Flagellin Is Internalized by Polarized Intestinal Epithelial Cells and Elicits Immune Responses via the TLR5 Dependent Mechanism

• Tonyia Eaves-Pyles ,

  * E-mail: tdeavesp@utmb.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Heng-Fu Bu,

  Affiliation Center for Intestinal and Liver Inflammation Research, Children’s Memorial Research Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Xiao-di Tan,

  Affiliation Center for Intestinal and Liver Inflammation Research, Children’s Memorial Research Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Yingzi Cong,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Jignesh Patel,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Robert A. Davey,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Jane E. Strasser

  Affiliation University of Cincinnati Medical School, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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