Sentences with phrase «secreted by the pathogens»

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Further experiments suggested that the production of high levels of cell wall - associated GAG makes A. fumigatus more resistant than A. nidulans to neutrophil killing by neutrophil extracellular traps, or NETs (NETs are are networks of extracellular fibers, composed of DNA and proteins secreted by immune cells called neutrophils, that bind and trap various pathogens).

Here, the pore - forming protein listeriolysin O (LLO), secreted by Listeria monocytogenes, was shown to contain a PEST - like sequence (P, Pro; E, Glu; S, Ser; T, Thr) that is essential for the virulence and intracellular compartmentalization of this pathogen.

A protein secreted by cells infected with dengue virus can cause dangerous leakage of fluid from blood vessels, and new research published in PLOS Pathogens supports a primary underlying mechanism: disruption of a molecular barrier that lines the vessels.

In addition we found the first human genes essential for host - pathogen interactions where few details are known, as is the case for cytolethal distending toxin secreted by certain strains of E. coli.