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Bacillus cereus non-haemolytic enterotoxin activates the NLRP3 inflammasome
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2020.
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Abstract
- The Bacillus haemolytic enterotoxin haemolysin BL has been shown to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. Here the authors show that a non-haemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) from B. cereus can also activate the NLRP3 inflammasome with a similar mechanism of lytic pore formation.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3d1c668fd514f4c9ccf1972f0c941e9
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14534-3