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<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> targets the purine salvage pathway to kill phagocytes
11 Jun 2018
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Significance Immune evasion by the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus includes the synthesis of cytotoxic deoxyadenosine (dAdo) from neutrophil extracellular traps to eliminate macrophages. The signaling pathway that triggers dAdo-mediated apoptosis in macrophages is not known. By using a genome-wide CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screen, we demonstrate that S. aureus -derived dAdo targets the purine salvage pathway to...
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