Camouflaging bacteria by wrapping with cell membranes

The use of engineered bacteria for biomedical applications is limited by side effects such as inflammatory response. Here the authors engineer cell membrane coated bacteria as in vivo tumor imaging agents, and show that these generate a lower inflammatory response and reduced macrophage clearance.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhenping Cao, Shanshan Cheng, Xinyue Wang, Yan Pang, Jinyao Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11390-8