title: Effect of guinea pig or monkey colonic mucus on Shigella aggregation and invasion of HeLa cells by Shigella flexneri 1b and 2a.
abstract: The effects of guinea pig and rhesus monkey colonic mucus preparations on Shigella aggregation and invasion of HeLa cell monolayers by Shigella flexneri serotype 1b, 2a, and 5 strains were investigated. Guinea pig mucus caused agglutination of S. flexneri serotype 1b but not of S. flexneri serotype 2a or 5. Guinea pig mucus also inhibited HeLa cell invasion by S. flexneri serotypes 1b and 2a. Monkey mucus neither agglutinated any Shigella strain nor inhibited HeLa cell invasion.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dinari
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Hale
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Washington
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Formal
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000373:Agglutinins; D000818:Animals; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D000882:Haplorhini; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity*
chemical_list: D000373:Agglutinins