Abstract
Shigella is a highly infectious human pathogen, yet mice are naturally resistant to infection. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Luchetti et al. (2021) discuss this species specificity, demonstrating that Shigella directly targets the pore-forming protein Gasdermin D for degradation, thus preventing pyroptosis to enable infection of human cells.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1473-1476 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Cell Host & Microbe |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 13 Oct 2021 |