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Enhanced Escherichia coli adherence and invasion in Crohn’s disease and colon cancer 1 1The authors thank Professor T. K. Korhonen (Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, Finland), who kindly donated Escherichia coli IH11165; Professor J.-F. Colombel (Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Maladies Inflammatoire de l’Intestine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France) and Professor A. Darfeuille-Michaud (Faculte de Pharmacie, Clermont-Ferrand, France), who kindly donated the Crohn’s disease ileal isolates LF10 and LF82; and Dr. Keith Leiper (Gastroenterology Unit, Royal Liverpool & Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust, Liverpool, UK) for his cooperation in obtaining colorectal tissue specimens.As a consequence of the work described herein, a patent application has been filed by the University of Liverpool regarding the use of soluble plantain fiber in Crohn’s disease.