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A host-pathogen metabolic synchrony that facilitates disease tolerance
19 Apr 2025
Abstract excerpt
Disease tolerance mitigates organ damage from non-resolving inflammation during persistent infections, yet its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here we show, in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia mouse model, that disease tolerance depends on the mitochondrial metabolite itaconate, which mediates cooperative host-pathogen interactions. In P. aeruginosa, itaconate modifies key cysteine residues in TCA cycle...
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