Mast Cell Eavesdropping on Bacterial Communications.

Mast Cell Eavesdropping on Bacterial Communications. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 Jul 10;26(1):3-5 Authors: Kawakami T, Kasakura K Abstract Bacteria communicate through quorum sensing, which enables bacterial coordination of collective behaviors and environment-induced adaptations. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Pundir et al. (2019) report that connective-tissue-type mast cells spy on bacterial communication by detecting the messenger molecules via their receptor Mrgprb2-MRGPRX2 to the host benefit. PMID: 31295422 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cell Host and Microbe - Category: Microbiology Authors: Tags: Cell Host Microbe Source Type: research