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How Phagocytic Cells Kill Different Bacteria: a Quantitative Analysis Using Dictyostelium discoideum

Published:2021-02-23 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:2150-7511
Container-title:mBio
language:en
Short-container-title:mBio

Author:

Jauslin Tania¹,Lamrabet Otmane¹^ORCID,Crespo-Yañez Xenia¹,Marchetti Anna¹,Ayadi Imen¹,Ifrid Estelle¹,Guilhen Cyril¹,Leippe Matthias²,Cosson Pierre¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

2. Zoological Institute, Comparative Immunobiology, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Abstract

Phagocytic cells ingest and kill bacteria, a process essential for the defense of the human body against infections. Many potential killing mechanisms have been identified in phagocytic cells, including free radicals, toxic ions, enzymes, and permeabilizing peptides.

Funder

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Virology,Microbiology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mBio.03169-20

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