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Secreted bacterial effectors that inhibit host protein synthesis are critical for induction of the innate immune response to virulent Legionella pneumophila.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Feb 2011
Fontana Mary F, Banga Simran, Barry Kevin C, Shen Xihui, Tan Yunhao, Luo Zhao-Qing, Vance Russell E
Abstract excerpt
The intracellular bacterial pathogen Legionella pneumophila causes an inflammatory pneumonia called Legionnaires' Disease. For virulence, L. pneumophila requires a Dot/Icm type IV secretion system that translocates bacterial effectors to the host cytosol. L. pneumophila lacking the Dot/Icm system is recognized by Toll-like receptors (TLRs), leading to a canonical NF-κB-dependent transcriptional response. In...
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