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Looking for an academic partner for your discovery projects?
Ghent University offers a unique proposal: the collaboration between veterinarians, physicians and scientists from different disciplines present at Ghent University takes the research to a higher level and creates many opportunities for innovation. At our Faculty of Veterinary Medicine these innovations can be tested in our own facilities and on the target species.
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Ghent University offers a unique proposal: the collaboration between veterinarians, physicians and scientists from different disciplines present at Ghent University takes the research to a higher level and creates many opportunities for innovation. At our Faculty of Veterinary Medicine these innovations can be tested in our own facilities and on the target species.
Check what we can offer in these fields
Immunology paper
27 Jun 2022
Intestinal Epithelial Cells Modulate the Production of Enterotoxins by Porcine Enterotoxigenic E. coli Strains
Piglets still suffer from postweaning diarrhea triggered by enterotoxigenic E.coli. In our latest publication we show that molecules secreted by gut epithelial cells regulate enterotoxin production by porcine enterotoxigenic E. coli. These results indicate that ETEC can sense molecules derived from the gut epithelium to orchestrate enterotoxin secretion and might inform on the future development of novel therapies directed against postweaning diarrhea induced by ETEC.