Bacterial Toxins as Pathogen Weapons Against Phagocytes
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Bacterial Toxins as Pathogen Weapons Against Phagocytes
Bacterial toxins are virulence factors that manipulate host cell functions and take over the control of vital processes of living organisms to favor microbial infection. Some toxins directly target innate immune cells, thereby annihilating a major branch of the host immune response. In this review we will focus on bacterial toxins that act from the extracellular milieu and hinder the function o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Microbiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1664-302X
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00042