Beware! Are bacteria raising your oxidative stress?

Kashyap, Purna · Sci Transl Med · 2017

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

<i>Peptostreptococcus anaerobius</i>, enriched in patients with colon cancer, induces cellular proliferation and dysplasia by toll-like receptor (TLR) 2- and TLR4-dependent increase in oxidative stress and cholesterol biosynthesis.

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