title: How does Legionella pneumophila exit the host cell?
abstract: In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in unraveling the elegant mechanisms by which intracellular pathogens invade host cells and establish intracellular infections. By contrast, our knowledge of the mechanisms of host cell cytolysis and the egress of intracellular pathogens is still in its infancy. Temporal pore-formation-mediated lysis of the host and exit by Legionella pneumophila and Leishmania could provide a new model of egress for other intracellular pathogens, many of which exhibit pore-forming or cytolysin activity
authors.affiliation: Dept of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536-0084, USA.
authors.forename: Maëlle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molmeret
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abu Kwaik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000502:physiology; D008954:Models, Biological; D013171:Spores, Bacterial
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins