Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium chitinases modulate the intestinal glycome and promote small intestinal invasion.
J. R. Devlin, W. Santus, J. Mendez, W. Peng, A. Yu, J. Wang, X. Alejandro-Navarreto, K. Kiernan, M. Singh, P. Jiang, Y. Mechref, J. Behnsen
This study shows Salmonella chitinases enhance intestinal invasion by modulating host glycans, with chitinase-deficient strains showing reduced invasion and delayed dissemination.
bioRxiv · Dec 6, 2021Microbiology