intracellular pathogen
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintracellularandpathogen
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intracellular
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.trəˈsel.jə.lər/us/ˌɪn.trəˈsel.jə.lɚ/
happening inside a cell ...
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pathogen
noun[C]
uk/ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/us/ˈpæθ.ə.dʒən/
any small organism, such as a virus or a bacterium that can ...
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This bacterium is anintracellularpathogenthat survives inside macrophages.
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It is a facultativeintracellularpathogen.
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Genetic regulation of resistance to intracellular pathogens.
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Galectin-8 has recently been identified as an intracellular danger receptor, able to initiate autophagy against intracellular pathogens.
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They are involved in important immune defenses against intracellular pathogens and as a result have become a target for immune evasion by those pathogens.
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Other bacteria have become endosymbionts or obligate intracellular pathogens and experienced extensive genome reduction as a result.
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Paracytophagy allows these intracellular pathogens to spread directly from cell to cell, thus escaping immune detection and destruction.
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In addition to the lymphocytes, macrophages also provide defense against certain intracellular pathogens.
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A cell-mediated immune response is crucial for effective vaccination against intracellular pathogens and chronic infections.
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It is composed of only 6 genera of obligate intracellular pathogens with a complex life cycle.
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It plays a role in the destruction of intracellular pathogens, in a process of degradation of dysfunctional intracellular organelles.
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These include obligately intracellular pathogens and endosymbionts, insect symbionts, and populations from oceans or sludge.
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