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Bacterial pore-forming toxin pneumolysin drives pathogenicity through shed toxin-loaded host extracellular vesicles
Saba Parveen, Chinmayi V. Bhat, Aswathy C. Sagilkumar…·Karthik Subramanian
This study shows that pneumolysin-loaded host extracellular vesicles contribute to pneumococcal pathogenesis by inducing cytotoxicity and inflammation.