The antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin modulates Clostridium difficile-associated colitis and toxin A-mediated enteritis in mice

Tressia C Hing; Samantha Ho; David Q Shih; Ryan Ichikawa; Michelle Cheng; Jeremy Chen; Xinhua Chen; Ivy Law; Robert Najarian; Ciaran P Kelly; Richard L Gallo; Stephan R Targan; Charalabos Pothoulakis; Hon Wai Koon

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302180

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Infective colitis

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The antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin modulates Clostridium difficile-associated colitis and toxin A-mediated enteritis in mice

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Tressia C Hing Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Samantha Ho Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Q Shih Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ryan Ichikawa Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michelle Cheng Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jeremy Chen Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xinhua Chen Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ivy Law Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Najarian Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ciaran P Kelly Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Richard L Gallo Division of Dermatology, the University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephan R Targan Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Charalabos Pothoulakis Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hon Wai Koon Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Hon Wai Koon, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Center, Division of Digestive Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine, MRL Building, Room 1519, 675 Charles E Young Dr South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA; hwkoon{at}hotmail.com

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Hing TC, Ho S, Shih DQ, et al

The antimicrobial peptide cathelicidin modulates Clostridium difficile-associated colitis and toxin A-mediated enteritis in mice

Gut 2013;62:1295-1305.

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Revised June 4, 2012
Accepted June 5, 2012
First published July 3, 2012.

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October 26, 2017

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