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Staphylococcus aureus activation of caspase 1/calpain signaling mediates invasion through human keratinocytes.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 May 2012
Soong Grace, Chun Jarin, Parker Dane, Prince Alice
Abstract excerpt
The USA300 strains of Staphylococcus aureus are the major cause of skin and soft tissue infection in the United States. Invasive USA300 infection has been attributed to several virulence factors, including protein A and the α-hemolysin (Hla), which cause pathology by activating host signaling cascades. Here we show that S. aureus exploits the proinflammatory bias of human keratinocytes to activate pyroptosis, a...
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