Table 1

Table 1
Adhesins of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli
Adhesin	Gene	Receptor specificity	*Cell adherence: in vitro* and in vivo infection models**	Reference

Type 1 fimbriae	fim	Mannose oligosaccharides (Mono- and Tri-mannose)	Human bladder epithelium, Chicken tracheal and gut explants, colonic and ileal enterocytes	[6,14,15,98,99]
P fimbriae	pap	P-blood group antigen-specific glycosphingolipids (α-D-Galp-(1-4)-β-D-Galp)	Human kidney, colonic and ileal enterocytes	[31,38,99]
Curli	csg	Matrix and Plasma Proteins (Fibronectin, Laminin, Plasminogen, H-Kininogen)	Chicken tracheal and gut explants	[51,98,99]
S fimbriae	sfa	Neuraminic acid (Sialyl galactosides)	Human bladder and kidney epithelium, Brain endothelium, colonic and ileal enterocytes	[6,99,106-110]
F1C fimbriae	foc	Lactosylceramide containing glycolipids	Buccal epithelium, Collecting ducts and distal tubules of human kidney, renal tubulus cells	[6,68-70,73]
Dr fimbriae	dra	Dr blood group antigen, Decay accelerating factor (DAF)	Basement membranes of human and canine kidneys, Bowman's capsule, Bladder epithelium, colonic and ileal enterocytes	[75,77,99]
Afimbrial adhesins	afa	DAF	Uroepithelial cells	[6,83]
Temperature sensitive haemagglutinin	tsh	Haemoglobin, Fibronectin, Collagen IV	Chicken erythrocytes	[90,91]
UPEC trimeric autotransporter adhesin	upa	Fibronectin, Laminin	Human bladder epithelial cells	[93]
ExPEC Adhesin I	yqi	n.d.	Chicken lung epithelium, Chicken fibroblasts, Canine kidney epithelial cells	[96]

n.d.: Not determined
Antão et al. Gut Pathogens 2009 1:22 doi:10.1186/1757-4749-1-22