iolog ter y & c P a a B r f a o s i l t o a l n o r Yameen et al., J Bacteriol Parasitol 2018, 9:3 g u y o J Bacteriology and Parasitology DOI: 10.4172/2155-9597.1000339 ISSN: 2155-9597 Research Article Open Access Molecular Characterization of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Effect on Intestinal Nitric Oxide in Diarrheal Disease Muhammad Arfat Yameen1, Ebuka Elijah David2*, Humphrey Chukwuemeka Nzelibe3, Muhammad Nasir Shuaibu3, Rabiu Abdussalam Magaji4, Amakaeze Jude Odugu5 and Ogamdi Sunday Onwe6 1Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan 2Department of Biochemistry, Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria 3Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 4Department of Human Physiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 5Medical Laboratory, Ahmadu Bello University, Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria 6Laboratory Service Unit, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakiliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria *Corresponding author: Ebuka Elijah David, Department of Biochemistry, Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, Tel: +2348033188823; E-mail:
[email protected] Received date: May 01, 2018; Accepted date: May 25, 2018; Published date: May 30, 2018 Copyright: ©2018 Yameen MA, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Abstract This study was aimed to investigate the effect of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)-induced diarrhea on fecal nitric oxide (NO) and intestinal inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in rats.