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Salmonella typhimurium impedes innate immunity with a mast-cell-suppressing protein tyrosine phosphatase, SptP.
Immunity - 12 Dec 2013
Choi Hae Woong, Brooking-Dixon Rhea, Neupane Subham, Lee Chul-Jin, Miao Edward A, Staats Herman F, Abraham Soman N
Abstract excerpt
The virulence of Salmonella is linked to its invasive capacity and suppression of adaptive immunity. This does not explain, however, the rapid dissemination of the pathogen after it breaches the gut. In our study, S. Typhimurium suppressed degranulation of local mast cells (MCs), resulting in limited neutrophil recruitment and restricting outflow of vascular contents into infection sites, thus facilitating...
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