Neutrophil antimicrobial proteins enhance Shigella flexneri adhesion and invasion.
Shigella flexneri is an enteric pathogen that causes massive inflammation and destruction of the human intestinal epithelium. Neutrophils are the first cells of the innate immune system recruited to the site of infection. These cells can attack microbes by phagocytosis, Neutrophil Extracellular Trap...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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