Host cysteine proteases promote the severity of catheter-associated urinary tract infection and kidney fibrosis

Authors

Wei Xu, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Jian Chen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Lisa K McLellan, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Ana L Flores-Mireles, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
David A Hunstad, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Michael G Caparon, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

mBio

Publication Date

11-12-2025

Volume

16

Issue

11

First Page

e0216125

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1128/mbio.02161-25

Rights and Permissions

Xu W, Chen J, McLellan LK, Flores-Mireles AL, Hunstad DA, Caparon MG. Host cysteine proteases promote the severity of catheter-associated urinary tract infection and kidney fibrosis. mBio. 2025 Nov 12;16(11):e0216125. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02161-25.© 2025 Xu et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Recommended Citation

Xu, Wei; Chen, Jian; McLellan, Lisa K; Flores-Mireles, Ana L; Hunstad, David A; and Caparon, Michael G, "Host cysteine proteases promote the severity of catheter-associated urinary tract infection and kidney fibrosis." mBio. 16, 11. e0216125 (2025).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/5858

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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