Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence
(2013)
Journal Article
Mahdavi, J., Royer, P., Sjolinder, H. S., Azimi, S., Self, T., Stoof, J., …Ala'Aldeen, D. A. (2013). Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence. Open Biology, 3, Article e130048. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.130048
Interactions between commensal pathogens and hosts are critical for disease development but the underlying mechanisms for switching between the commensal and virulent states are unknown. We show that the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis, the lea... Read More about Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence.