Ectopic Expression of Human Thymosin β4 Confers Resistance to Legionella pneumophila during Pulmonary and Systemic Infection in Mice-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Ectopic Expression of Human Thymosin β4 Confers Resistance to Legionella pneumophila during Pulmonary and Systemic Infection in Mice

Published:2021-03-17 Issue:4 Volume:89 Page:
ISSN:0019-9567
Container-title:Infection and Immunity
language:en
Short-container-title:Infect Immun

Author:

Park Bonggoo¹,Shin Min Hwa¹,Kim Jiyoung¹,Park Gayoung¹,Ryu Yun-Kyoung²,Lee Jae-Wook²,Kim Tae Jin¹,Moon Eun-Yi²,Lee Kyung-Mi¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea

2. Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea

Abstract

Thymosin beta-4 (Tβ4) is an actin-sequestering peptide that plays important roles in regeneration and remodeling of injured tissues. However, its function in a naturally occurring pathogenic bacterial infection model has remained elusive.

Funder

National Research Foundation of Korea

Korea University

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/IAI.00735-20

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