Glucocorticoids increase tissue cell protection against pore-forming toxins from pathogenic bacteria
Treating cell lines with glucocorticoids offers protection against the damage caused by subsequent exposure to selected bacterial pore-forming toxins, and is dependent on the glucocorticoid receptor.
| Main Authors: | Thomas J. R. Ormsby, Sian E. Owens, Matthew L. Turner, James G. Cronin, John J. Bromfield, I. Martin Sheldon |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04568-w |
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