A new understanding of Acanthamoeba castellanii: dispelling the role of bacterial pore-forming toxins in cyst formation and amoebicidal actions

Abstract Pore-forming toxins (PFTs) are recognized as major virulence factors produced by both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. While the effects of PFTs have been extensively investigated using mammalian cells as a model system, their interactions with the environmental host, Acanthamoeba...

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Main Authors: Abdelbasset Yabrag, Naeem Ullah, Palwasha Baryalai, Irfan Ahmad, Nikola Zlatkov, Eric Toh, Toril Lindbäck, Bernt Eric Uhlin, Sun Nyunt Wai, Aftab Nadeem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2025-02-01
Series:Cell Death Discovery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41420-025-02345-8
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