Biofilm formation during pneumococcal carriage imprints naturally acquired humoral immunity
Jessica R. Lane, Henry Mauser, Silvia Elena Santana-Krímskaya, Vahini S. Konda, Andrew DePass, Giuseppe Ercoli, Federico I. Prokopczuk, Mohammed Mohasin, Adonis D’Mello, Hervé Tettelin, Jeremy Brown, Luis F. Reyes, Carlos Javier Orihuela
The paper shows that biofilm formation during pneumococcal colonization shapes humoral immunity and protection, with the first colonizing strain imprinting immune responses toward biofilm antigens.
PLoS Pathogens · Jul 28, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology