Getting rid of the bad apple : inflammasome-induced extrusion of salmonella-infected enterocytes

Broz, Petr

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2014.07.010

Getting rid of the bad apple : inflammasome-induced extrusion of salmonella-infected enterocytes

Date Issued

2014-01-01

Author(s)

Broz, Petr

DOI

10.1016/j.chom.2014.07.010

Abstract

Two reports in this issue of Cell Host & Microbe (Sellin et al., 2014; Knodler et al., 2014) establish the cell-intrinsic inflammasome-induced extrusion of infected enterocytes as a general defense mechanism against acute bacterial infections.