Immune silencing by a lipid virulence factor of Staphylococcus
Pathogen recognition is key to immunity, incentivizing pathogens to evolve mechanisms to prevent this. A new study by Lathram and Lages et al. shows that Staphylococcus aureus manipulates this process in a new way – by the transformation of the host’s own lipids into forms that interfere with pathogen detection.
Authors
- Christopher N. LaRock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-5331)
Institutions
- Emory University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Biology
- Published
- 2026-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10842-4
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00