Lactic acid from vaginal microbiota enhances cervicovaginal epithelial barrier integrity by promoting tight junction protein expression

Author(s):

David Jose Delgado-Diaz, Brianna Jesaveluk, Joshua A. Hayward, David Tyssen, Arghavan Alisoltani, Matthys Potgieter, Liam Bell, Elizabeth Ross, Arash Iranzadeh, Imane Allali, Smritee Dabee, Shaun Barnabas, Hoyam Gamieldien, Jonathan M. Blackburn, Nicola Mulder, Steven B. Smith, Vonetta L. Edwards, Adam D. Burgener, Linda Gail Bekker, Jacques Ravel, Jo Ann S. Passmore, Lindi Masson, Anna C. Hearps, Gilda Tachedjian

Details:

Microbiome, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2022-12-01, Article number 141

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Affiliations:

• Monash University
• Karolinska Institutet
• University of Manitoba
• University of Cape Town
• University of Maryland School of Medicine
• CASE School of Medicine
• Stellenbosch University
• Faculté des Sciences Rabat
• National Health Laboratory Service
• Department of Microbiology & Immunology
• Burnet Institute
• UCR School of Medicine
• Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
• Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research