Sugar Turns Bacteria Sweet: A Peace Offering in the Gut

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作者
Cadwell, Ken [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] NYU, Sch Med, Kimmel Ctr Biol & Med, Skirball Inst, New York, NY 10003 USA
[2] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol, New York, NY 10003 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
INTESTINAL EPITHELIUM; COLONIZATION; INFECTION; IMMUNITY;
D O I
10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.053
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Following an infection, a subset of individuals can remain disease free despite harboring a pathogen for a prolonged period. In this issue of Cell, Sanchez et al. demonstrate that a metabolically favorable host response can drive an otherwise lethal bacterial pathogen to abandon virulence and become a commensal microorganism.
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