Shigella targets T cells.
Cell Host Microbe
; 9(4): 253-4, 2011 Apr 21.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21501822
ABSTRACT
Using a syringe-like device, Shigella delivers an array of virulence factors into host cells to facilitate bacterial colonization and disable the host's innate immune defense. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Konradt and colleagues (Konradt et al., 2011) show that Shigella also subverts adaptive immunity by targeting T cells through a mechanism involving PIP(2) breakdown.
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En
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Cell Host Microbe
Journal subject:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2011
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