Proteomes of Uropathogenic Growing in Human Urine and in J82 Urinary Bladder Cells.

Uropathogenic (UPEC) are the most common cause of urinary tract infection (UTI). UPEC normally reside in the intestine, and during establishment of UTI, they undergo metabolic adaptations, first to urine and then upon tissue invasion to the bladder cell interior. To understand these adaptations, we used quantitative proteomic profiling to characterize protein expression of the UPEC strain UTI89 growing in human urine and when inside J82 bladder cells.

Infectious potential of human derived uropathogenic Escherichia coli UTI89 in the reproductive tract of laying hens.

Avian pathogenic E. coli (APEC) and human uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) harbour common virulence factors in spite of being associated with disease in different hosts.