Group B Streptococcus hijacks the host plasminogen system to promote brain endothelial cell invasion.

Group B Streptococcus (GBS) is the leading cause of meningitis in neonates. We have previously shown that plasminogen, once recruited to the GBS cell surface and converted into plasmin by host-derived activators, leads to an enhancement of bacterial virulence. Here, we investigated whether plasmin(o...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Vanessa Magalhães, Elva Bonifácio Andrade, Joana Alves, Adilia Ribeiro, Kwang Sik Kim, Margarida Lima, Patrick Trieu-Cuot, Paula Ferreira
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
Materias:
R
Q
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/9d5c0ed5fb9949e3ad733553de073707
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

Ejemplares similares