Acute melanization of silkworm hemolymph by peptidoglycans of the human commensal bacterium Cutibacterium acnes.

Cutibacterium acnes is a pathogenic bacterium that cause inflammatory diseases of the skin and intervertebral discs. The immune activation induced by C. acnes requires multiple cellular responses in the host. Silkworm, an invertebrate, generates melanin by phenoloxidase upon recognizing bacterial or...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiko Matsumoto, Eri Sato, Takashi Sugita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271420