The ability of probiotic bacteria to stimulate innate and acquired immune systems in the host and
activate phagocytic cells is also thought to play a role in the inhibition of Candida spp..
This was important because NCF1, which encodes a subunit of NOX2, is thought to be related to SLE due to its role in
activating the phagocytic complex NOX2.
Not exact matches
These results indicate that an antibody - antibiotic conjugate that is only
activated after entering an infected
phagocytic cell is more efficient at eliminating a bacterial superstrain than standard antibiotics that act extracellularly.
The selected S. aureus antibody was then linked to a highly potent antibiotic that would be
activated by and could function within the acidic environment of a
phagocytic lysosome but could not function extracellularly.