Published in Cancer Weekly, August 11th, 2009
"To characterize the role of OmpA in the invasion of astrocytes by E. coli, we investigated OmpA-positive and OmpA-negative E. coli strains. Outer membrane protein A E44, E 105, and E 109 strains adhered to and invaded C6 glioma eel Is 10- to 15-fold more efficiently than OmpA-negative strains. Actin rearrangement, protein tyrosine kinase, and phosphoinositide 3-kinase activation were required for...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-08-11)
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