Clostridioides difficile modulates inflammation and stem cell functions in the infant gut

AbstractBackground. The inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by colonic mucosal inflammation and barrier dysfunction.

Doctors are tapping into to the emerging field of the gut microbiome to try to treat some diseases differently.

Enteric bacterial pathogens pose significant threats to human health; however, the mechanisms by which they infect the mammalian gut in the face of daunting host defenses remain to be fully defined. F...