Listeria exploits damage and death to spread bad news

• Autores: Basel H. Abuaita, Mary X. O'Riordan
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 22, Nº. 7, 2014, págs. 370-371
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes replicates within the host cytosol; little is known about how it transits from cell to cell, spreading infection. A recent study implicates infection-induced membrane damage as a trigger for efferocytosis, the recognition and uptake of dead cells, thereby tricking neighboring cells into taking up the invader.