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11 March 2021
Insights into how bacterial proteins work as a network to take control of our cells could help predict infection outcomes and develop new treatments.
Much like a hacker seizes control of a company’s software to cause chaos, disease-causing bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella, use miniature molecular syringes to inject their own chaos-inducing agents (called effectors) into the cells that keep our guts healthy.
These effectors take control of our cells, overwhelming their defences and blocking key immune responses, allowing the infection to take hold.
The data represent a breakthrough in our understanding of the mechanisms of bacterial infections and host responses. Professor Gad Frankel
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