Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Extracellular fibrinogen-binding protein released by intracellular Staphylococcus aureus suppresses host immunity by targeting TRAF3

  • Xiaokai Zhang,
  • Tingrong Xiong,
  • Lin Gao,
  • Yu Wang,
  • Luxuan Liu,
  • Tian Tian,
  • Yun Shi,
  • Jinyong Zhang,
  • Zhuo Zhao,
  • Dongshui Lu,
  • Ping Luo,
  • Weijun Zhang,
  • Ping Cheng,
  • Haiming Jing,
  • Qiang Gou,
  • Hao Zeng,
  • Dapeng Yan,
  • Quanming Zou

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33205-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Staphylococcus aureus secrete numerous effectors to evade or inhibit the host immune response, yet the mechanism underlying the effectors ability to manipulate the signalling pathways of macrophages remain unclear. Authors utilise in vitro and in vivo models to explore the role of extracellular fibrinogen-binding protein (Efb) in immune response modulation and pathogenicity.