Neutrophils use superoxide to control bacterial infection at a distance.

Understanding the roles of neutrophils and macrophages in fighting bacterial infections is a critical issue in human pathologies. Although phagocytic killing has been extensively studied, little is known about how bacteria are eliminated extracellularly in live vertebrates. We have recently develope...

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Main Authors: Quang Tien Phan, Tamara Sipka, Catherine Gonzalez, Jean-Pierre Levraud, Georges Lutfalla, Mai Nguyen-Chi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6049935?pdf=render