Legionella pneumophila infection activates bystander cells differentially by bacterial and host cell vesicles

Abstract Extracellular vesicles from eukaryotic cells and outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) released from gram-negative bacteria have been described as mediators of pathogen-host interaction and intercellular communication. Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is a causative agent of severe pneumoni...

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Main Authors: Anna Lena Jung, Christina Elena Herkt, Christine Schulz, Kathrin Bolte, Kerstin Seidel, Nicoletta Scheller, Alexandra Sittka-Stark, Wilhelm Bertrams, Bernd Schmeck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06443-1