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Laboratory study reveals host lipid transformation by Staphylococcus aureus that prevents pathogen recognition, highlighting a novel mechanism of bacterial immune evasion.
Pathogen recognition is key to immunity, incentivizing pathogens to evolve mechanisms to prevent this. A new study by Lathram and Lages et al. shows that Staphylococcus aureus manipulates this process in a new way – by the transformation of the host’s own lipids into forms that interfere with pathogen detection.
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