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Modulation of the host immune response by a transient intracellular stage of Mycobacterium ulcerans: the contribution of endogenous mycolactone toxin.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Aug 2005
Coutanceau Emmanuelle, Marsollier Laurent, Brosch Roland, Perret Emmanuelle, Goossens Pierre, Tanguy Myriam, Cole Stewart T, Small Pamela L C, Demangel Caroline
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium ulcerans (Mu), the aetiological agent of Buruli ulcer, is an extracellular pathogen producing the macrolide toxin mycolactone. Using a mouse model of intradermal infection, we found that Mu was initially captured by phagocytes and transported to draining lymph nodes (DLN) within host cells. Similar to Buruli ulcers in humans, the infection site eventually became ulcerated with tissue necrosis and...
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