An underestimated pathogen: Staphylococcus epidermidis induces pro-inflammatory responses in human alveolar epithelial cells.

CONCLUSIONS: S. epidermidis drives pro-inflammatory responses in lung epithelial cells in vitro. The pro-inflammatory capacity of S. epidermidis may differ between strains. Biofilm-positive S. epidermidis strain seems to induce more potent pulmonary pro-inflammation than biofilm-negative S. epidermidis strain.
PMID: 31226437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Cytokine - June 17, 2019 Category: Molecular Biology Authors: Dong Y, Glaser K, Schlegel N, Claus H, Speer CP Tags: Cytokine Source Type: research