Endothelial cells are intrinsically defective in xenophagy of Streptococcus pyogenes.

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) is deleterious pathogenic bacteria whose interaction with blood vessels leads to life-threatening bacteremia. Although xenophagy, a special form of autophagy, eliminates invading GAS in epithelial cells, we found that GAS could survive and multiply in endothelial cells. E...

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Main Authors: Shiou-Ling Lu, Tsuyoshi Kawabata, Yi-Lin Cheng, Hiroko Omori, Maho Hamasaki, Tatsuya Kusaba, Ryo Iwamoto, Hirokazu Arimoto, Takeshi Noda, Yee-Shin Lin, Tamotsu Yoshimori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5500369?pdf=render