title: Development of an ex vivo organ culture model using human gastro-intestinal tissue and Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is an important food-borne pathogen. However, relatively little is understood regarding its pathogenesis, and research is hampered by the lack of a suitable model. Recently, a number of groups have developed assays to study the pathogenic mechanisms of C. jejuni using cell culture models. Here, we report the development of an ex vivo organ culture model, allowing for the maintenance of intestinal mucosal tissue, to permit more complex host-bacterium interactions to be studied. Ex vivo organ culture highlights the propensity for C. jejuni to adhere to mucosal tissue via the flagellum, either as discrete colonies or as multicellular units.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Veterinary Science, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. ajg60@cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woodward
authors.forename: Duncan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Maskell
mesh_terms: D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004386:Duodenum / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques