Streptococcus pneumoniae evades host cell phagocytosis and limits host mortality through its cell wall anchoring protein PfbA
M. Yamaguchi, Y. Hirose, M. Takemura, M. Ono, T. Sumitomo, M. Nakata, Y. Terao, S. Kawabata
This paper investigates the role of PfbA in Streptococcus pneumoniae pathogenesis, finding that it inhibits phagocytosis and modulates host inflammation, with differential effects in pneumonia and sepsis models.
bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2019Microbiology