Shady Estfanous, Kathrin Krause, Midhun N K Anne, Mostafa Eltobgy, Kyle Caution, Arwa Abu Khweek, Kaitlin Hamilton, Asmaa Badr, Kylene Daily, Cierra Carafice, Daniel Baetzhold, Xiaoli Zhang, Tianliang Li, Haitao Wen, Mikhail A Gavrilin, Hesham Haffez, Sameh Soror, Amal O Amer
Burkholderia cenocepacia (B. cenocepacia) is an opportunistic bacterium; causing severe life threatening systemic infections in immunocompromised individuals including cystic fibrosis patients. The lack of gasdermin D (GSDMD) protects mice against endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) shock. On the other hand, GSDMD promotes mice survival in response to certain bacterial infections. However, the role of GSDMD during B. cenocepacia infection is not yet determined. Our in vitro study shows that GSDMD restricts B...
January 13, 2021: Scientific Reports