Macrophages extend various cellular protrusions to capture and engulf bacteria. This study identifies dendrite-like pseudopods as a new type of branched protrusions formed by macrophages to enhance ...

The research, conducted by Andrew D. Farr, Christina Vasileiou, Peter A. Lind, and Paul B. Rainey, reveals that mutations in the promoter region of the rpoS gene occur at an astonishing rate ...

In bacterial transcription, sigma factors trigger recognition of a specific promoter — or a region of genetic information right at the start of the DNA sequence that's needed to produce a ...

To examine the source of IL-10 within the tumor microenvironment (TME) after bacterial therapy, researchers found that tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) upregulate IL-10 expression following DB1 ...

The findings of the study, which are published in Nature Communications, show that when bacterial cells encounter patterned grooves on a surface, they lose their ability to form biofilms. Biofilms ...