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SUBMITTER: Radin JN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1307033 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radin Jana N JN Orihuela Carlos J CJ Murti Gopal G Guglielmo Christopher C Murray Peter J PJ Tuomanen Elaine I EI
Infection and immunity 20051201 12
Pneumococci traverse eukaryotic cells within vacuoles without intracytoplasmic multiplication. The platelet-activating factor receptor (PAFr) has been suggested as a portal of entry. Pneumococci colocalized with PAFr on endothelial cells and PAFr-/- mice showed a substantially impaired ability to support bacterial translocation, particularly from blood to brain. Pneumococci-induced colocalization of PAFr and beta-arrestin 1 at the plasma membrane of endothelial cells and PAFr-mediated pneumococc ...[more]