Neisseria gonorrhoeae PLD directly interacts with Akt kinase upon infection of primary, human, cervical epithelial cells.

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae secrets a phospholipase D (NgPLD), which augments complement receptor 3 (CR3)-mediated invasion of cervical epithelial cells. To elucidate the signalling pathways triggered with gonococcus CR3-engagement and the putative function of NgPLD in these events, we analysed the contribution of the phosphoinositide-Akt pathway to cervical infection. Our data indicated that Akt plays a critical role...

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