Warfare between Host Immunity and Bacterial Weapons

Manda Yu; Erh-Min Lai

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.012

Warfare between Host Immunity and Bacterial Weapons

Cell Host Microbe. 2017 Jan 11;21(1):3-4. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.012.

Authors

Manda Yu¹, Erh-Min Lai²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
² Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. Electronic address: emlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw.

PMID: 28081441
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.12.012

Abstract

Bacterial pathogens deploy protein secretion systems to facilitate infection and colonization of their hosts. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chen et al. (2017) report a new role for a type VI secretion effector in promoting bacterial colonization by preventing inflammasome activation induced by a type III secretion system.

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MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Secretion Systems
Inflammasomes*
Warfare
Weapons*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Secretion Systems
Inflammasomes