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SUBMITTER: Landi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Landi Alessia A Mari Muriel M Kleiser Svenja S Wolf Tobias T Gretzmeier Christine C Wilhelm Isabel I Kiritsi Dimitra D Thünauer Roland R Geiger Roger R Nyström Alexander A Reggiori Fulvio F Claudinon Julie J Römer Winfried W
Life science alliance 20191115 6
Lectins are glycan-binding proteins with no catalytic activity and ubiquitously expressed in nature. Numerous bacteria use lectins to efficiently bind to epithelia, thus facilitating tissue colonisation. Wounded skin is one of the preferred niches for <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, which has developed diverse strategies to impair tissue repair processes and promote infection. Here, we analyse the effect of the <i>P. aeruginosa</i> fucose-binding lectin LecB on human keratinocytes and demonstrate ...[more]