Urease as a contributing factor in ulcerative lesions of the colon.
Urease immunization protects animals against the development of uremic colitis. This indicates that ammonia formed by bacterial urease is the causative factor in the breakdown of the colonic mucosa.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000917:Antibody Formation; D003092:Colitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D009392:Nephrectomy; D014510:Urease / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D014511:Uremia / Q000150:complications
D000906:Antibodies; D014510:Urease