Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Chlamydia evasion of neutrophil host defense results in NLRP3 dependent myeloid-mediated sterile inflammation through the purinergic P2X7 receptor

  • Chunfu Yang,
  • Lei Lei,
  • John W. Marshall Collins,
  • Michael Briones,
  • Li Ma,
  • Gail L. Sturdevant,
  • Hua Su,
  • Anuj K. Kashyap,
  • David Dorward,
  • Kevin W. Bock,
  • Ian N. Moore,
  • Christine Bonner,
  • Chih-Yu Chen,
  • Craig A. Martens,
  • Stacy Ricklefs,
  • Masahiro Yamamoto,
  • Kiyoshi Takeda,
  • Yoichiro Iwakura,
  • Grant McClarty,
  • Harlan D. Caldwell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25749-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Myeloid cells are implicated in the innate immune and inflammatory response during infection with Chlamydia trachomatis. Here the authors show the evasion of the neutrophil response to infection and concomitant induction of sterile immunity via the purinergic P2X7 receptor.