Extracellular Pneumococcal Serine Proteases Affect Nasopharyngeal Colonization

Extracellular Pneumococcal Serine Proteases Affect Nasopharyngeal Colonization

Streptococcus pneumoniae has evolved versatile strategies to colonize the nasopharynx of humans. Colonization is facilitated by direct interactions with host cell receptors or via binding to components of the extracellular matrix. In addition, pneumococci hijack host-derived extracellular proteases...

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Main Authors: Murtadha Q. Ali, Thomas P. Kohler, Gerhard Burchhardt, Andreas Wüst, Nadin Henck, Robert Bolsmann, Franziska Voß, Sven Hammerschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
pneumococci
serine proteases
colonization
adherence
pneumonia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2020.613467/full

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