Moderate stress protects female mice against bacterial infection of the bladder by eliciting uroepithelial shedding.
Dalal E, Medalia O, Harari O, Aronson M.
Dalal E, et al. Among authors: aronson m.
Infect Immun. 1994 Dec;62(12):5505-10. doi: 10.1128/iai.62.12.5505-5510.1994.
Infect Immun. 1994.
PMID: 7960132
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We have previously shown (M. Aronson, O. Medalia, D. Amichay, and O. Nativ, Infect. Immun. 56:1615-1617, 1988) that shedding of viable uroepithelial cells (elicited by invading microorganisms) constitutes an antimicrobial defense mechanism. ...
We have previously shown (M. Aronson, O. Medalia, D. Amichay, and O. Nativ, Infect. Immun. 56:1615-1617, 1988) that shedding o …