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Pro-inflammatory cytokines can act as intracellular modulators of commensal bacterial virulence (2013)
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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.

Adenosine-A3 receptors in neutrophil microdomains promote the formation of bacteria-tethering cytonemes (2013)
Journal Article
Corriden, R., Self, T., Akong-Moore, K., Nizet, V., Kellam, B., Briddon, S. J., & Hill, S. J. (2013). Adenosine-A3 receptors in neutrophil microdomains promote the formation of bacteria-tethering cytonemes. EMBO Reports, 14(8), https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2013.89

The A3‐adenosine receptor (A3AR) has recently emerged as a key regulator of neutrophil behaviour. Using a fluorescent A3AR ligand, we show that A3ARs aggregate in highly polarized immunomodulatory microdomains on human neutrophil membranes. In additi... Read More about Adenosine-A3 receptors in neutrophil microdomains promote the formation of bacteria-tethering cytonemes.