Mucosal fluid glycoprotein DMBT1 suppresses twitching motility and virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

It is generally thought that mucosal fluids protect underlying epithelial surfaces against opportunistic infection via their antimicrobial activity. However, our published data show that human tear fluid can protect against the major opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa independently of bac...

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Autores principales: Li, Jianfang, Metruccio, Matteo M. E., Evans, David J., Fleiszig, Suzanne M. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5440049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28489917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006392