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:

• University of Cape Town
• University of Maryland School of Medicine
• UCR School of Medicine
• Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa
• University of Melbourne
• National Health Laboratory Services
• Monash University
• Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
• Karolinska Institutet
• University of Manitoba
• Seattle Biomedical Research Institute
• CASE School of Medicine
• Burnet Institute
• Stellenbosch University
• Faculté des Sciences Rabat
• Centre for Proteomic and Genomic Research