Anaplasma phagocytophilum Hijacks Flotillin and NPC1 Complex To Acquire Intracellular Cholesterol for Proliferation, Which Can Be Inhibited with Ezetimibe

Abstract

Cholesterol influences membrane fluidity and forms membrane microdomains called lipid rafts that serve as organizing centers for the assembly of signaling molecules. Flotillin (FLOT) is a cholesterol-binding lipid-raft protein.