Editorial: Perforins and Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins in Immunity and Pathogenesis

George P Munson; Robert J C Gilbert; Gabriele Pradel

doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.932502

Editorial: Perforins and Cholesterol-Dependent Cytolysins in Immunity and Pathogenesis

Front Immunol. 2022 Jun 9:13:932502. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.932502. eCollection 2022.

Authors

George P Munson¹, Robert J C Gilbert², Gabriele Pradel³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.
² Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
³ Cellular and Applied Infection Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDC); complement; membrane attack complex (MAC); perforin-2/MPEG1; plasmodium perforin like proteins (PPLP); pneumolysin (PLY); pore-forming protein; suilysin (SLY).

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cholesterol*
Complement Membrane Attack Complex
Cytotoxins*
Perforin

Substances

Complement Membrane Attack Complex
Cytotoxins
Perforin
Cholesterol

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

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