MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
An original model of brain infection identifies the hijacking of host lipoprotein import as a bacterial strategy for blood-brain barrier crossing.
B. Benmimoun, F. Papastefanaki, B. Perichon…·P. Speder
The paper identifies lipoprotein import hijacking as a bacterial strategy for crossing the blood-brain barrier using a Drosophila model and validates it in a murine system.
DOI 10.1101/2020.02.28.970376