Studying M cells and their role in infection

Salmonella typhimurium initiates murine infection by penetrating and destroying the specialized epithelial M cells of the Peyer's patches.

1994 • 859 citations

Multiple β1 chain integrins are receptors for invasin, a protein that promotes bacterial penetration into mammalian cells

1990 • 802 citations

Exploitation of Mammalian Host Cell Functions by Bacterial Pathogens

1997 • 759 citations

Conversion by Peyer's Patch Lymphocytes of Human Enterocytes into M Cells that Transport Bacteria

1997 • 625 citations

Role of the glycocalyx in regulating access of microparticles to apical plasma membranes of intestinal epithelial cells: implications for microbial attachment and oral vaccine targeting.

1996 • 392 citations

M-Cell Surface β1 Integrin Expression and Invasin-Mediated Targeting of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis to Mouse Peyer’s Patch M Cells

1998 • 361 citations

Salmonella typhi uses CFTR to enter intestinal epithelial cells

1998 • 340 citations

M Cells in Peyer's Patches of the Intestine

1996 • 310 citations

The lpf fimbrial operon mediates adhesion of Salmonella typhimurium to murine Peyer's patches.

1996 • 283 citations

Bacterial Perturbation of Cytokine Networks

1998 • 249 citations

Interactions between enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and host epithelial cells

1997 • 239 citations

Preferential interaction of Salmonella typhimurium with mouse Peyer's patch M cells

1994 • 232 citations

Differential expression of lectin-binding sites defines mouse intestinal M-cells.

1993 • 219 citations

Invasin-dependent and invasin-independent pathways for translocation of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis across the Peyer's patch intestinal epithelium

1997 • 216 citations

Penetration of M cells and destruction of Peyer's patches by Yersinia enterocolitica: an ultrastructural and histological study

1996 • 195 citations

Immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of interaction of Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O8 with intestinal mucosa during experimental enteritis

1989 • 187 citations

Multiple Fimbrial Adhesins Are Required for Full Virulence of Salmonella typhimurium in Mice

1998 • 186 citations

Infection of rabbit Peyer's patches by Shigella flexneri: effect of adhesive or invasive bacterial phenotypes on follicle-associated epithelium

1996 • 179 citations

Non‐invasive Salmonella typhimurium mutants are avirulent because of an inability to enter and destroy M cells of ileal Peyer's patches

1997 • 177 citations

M cells and the pathogenesis of mucosal and systemic infections

1996 • 168 citations

Intimin-dependent binding of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli to host cells triggers novel signaling events, including tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C-gamma1

1997 • 154 citations

Salmonella-induced M-cell formation in germ-free mouse Peyer's patch tissue.

1991 • 151 citations

Ulex europaeus 1 lectin targets microspheres to mouse Peyer's patch M-cells in vivo

1998 • 142 citations

Pathogenesis of aphthoid ulcers in Crohn's disease: correlative findings by magnifying colonoscopy, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry.

1996 • 140 citations

Comprehensive Study of the Intestinal Stage of Listeriosis in a Rat Ligated Ileal Loop System

1998 • 139 citations

Targeting to intestinal M cells.

1996 • 133 citations

The Early Dynamic Response of the Calf Ileal Epithelium toSalmonella typhimurium

1997 • 122 citations

Host restriction phenotypes of Salmonella typhi and Salmonella gallinarum

1995 • 111 citations

Synergistic effect of mutations in invA and lpfC on the ability of Salmonella typhimurium to cause murine typhoid

1997 • 106 citations

Adherence of Salmonella typhimurium to Caco-2 cells: identification of a glycoconjugate receptor

1996 • 91 citations

Targeted delivery of antigen to hamster nasal lymphoid tissue with M-cell-directed lectins

1997 • 87 citations

Selective binding and transcytosis of Ulex europaeus 1 lectin by mouse Peyer's patch M-cells in vivo

1995 • 87 citations

A microbiological, histopathological and immunohistological study of the intragastric inoculation of Listeria monocytogenes in mice

1992 • 85 citations

Lectin binding reveals divergent carbohydrate expression in human and mouse Peyer's patches

1996 • 84 citations

Invasion of murine intestinal M cells by Salmonella typhimurium inv mutants severely deficient for invasion of cultured cells

1996 • 76 citations

Penetration ofListeria monocytogenesin mice infected by the oral route

1997 • 76 citations

Inoculum Composition and Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 Regulate M-Cell Invasion and Epithelial Destruction by Salmonella typhimurium

1998 • 75 citations

Peyer's patch lymphoid follicle epithelial adherence of a rabbit enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (strain RDEC-1). Role of plasmid-mediated pili in initial adherence.

1984 • 66 citations

Glycoconjugate Expression Defines the Origin and Differentiation Pathway of Intestinal M-cells

1997 • 65 citations

The gene slyA of Salmonella typhimurium is required for destruction of M cells and intracellular survival but not for invasion or colonization of the murine small intestine

1996 • 62 citations

MODIFICATIONS OF THE FOLLICLE-ASSOCIATED EPITHELIUM BY SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE TO A NON-INTESTINAL BACTERIUM

1996 • 60 citations

The life and times of an intestinal M cell

1996 • 48 citations

Immunocytochemical characterization of the follicle-associated epithelium of Peyer's patches: anti-cytokeratin 8 antibody (clone 4.1.18) as a molecular marker for rat M cells.

1996 • 37 citations

M-cells in the rabbit tonsil exhibit distinctive glycoconjugates in their apical membranes.

1996 • 34 citations

Peyer's patch adherence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains in rabbits

1997 • 32 citations

Human intestinal M cells exhibit enterocyte-like intermediate filaments

1998 • 23 citations