Precision Targeting: Mast Cells Wipe Out Infected Bladder Epithelia

Publication date: 20 December 2016
Source:Immunity, Volume 45, Issue 6
Author(s): Hongnga T. Le, Booki Min
Exfoliating infected bladder epithelium is a powerful host defense mechanism that reduces bacterial burden. In this issue of Immunity, Choi et al. (2016) present a function of mast cells that orchestrates the infected epithelial cell exfoliation via cytolytic granules.

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Exfoliating infected bladder epithelium is a powerful host defense mechanism that reduces bacterial burden. In this issue of Immunity, Choi et al. (2016) present a function of mast cells that orchestrates the infected epithelial cell exfoliation via cytolytic granules.


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