Microbial enzymes induce colitis by reactivating triclosan in the mouse gastrointestinal tract.
Zhang, J., Walker, M.E., Sanidad, K.Z., Zhang, H., Liang, Y., Zhao, E., Chacon-Vargas, K., Yeliseyev, V., Parsonnet, J., Haggerty, T.D., Wang, G., Simpson, J.B., Jariwala, P.B., Beaty, V.V., Yang, J., Yang, H., Panigrahy, A., Minter, L.M., Kim, D., Gibbons, J.G., Liu, L., Li, Z., Xiao, H., Borlandelli, V., Overkleeft, H.S., Cloer, E.W., Major, M.B., Goldfarb, D., Cai, Z., Redinbo, M.R., Zhang, G.(2022) Nat Commun 13: 136-136
- PubMed: 35013263 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27762-y
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
7KGY, 7KGZ - PubMed Abstract: 
Emerging research supports that triclosan (TCS), an antimicrobial agent found in thousands of consumer products, exacerbates colitis and colitis-associated colorectal tumorigenesis in animal models. While the intestinal toxicities of TCS require the presence of gut microbiota, the molecular mechanisms involved have not been defined ...