Question

Bacterial strategies against host defence phagocytosis

Answer 1

During infection, bacterial pathogens manipulate critical intracellular pathways in host cells to benefit their own growth and dissemination, such as metabolism, cell cycle, cytoskeletal organization and host immune defence. 1 Bac- terial toxin is one of the bacterial components that patho- gens use to hijack host systems. 2,3 Bacterial toxins may