title: Listeria exploits damage and death to spread bad news.
abstract: Pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes replicates within the host cytosol; little is known about how it transits from cell to cell, spreading infection. A recent study implicates infection-induced membrane damage as a trigger for efferocytosis, the recognition and uptake of dead cells, thereby tricking neighboring cells into taking up the invader.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Basel H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Abuaita
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: oriordan@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Mary X
authors.initials: MX
authors.lastname: O'Riordan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022081:Cell Surface Extensions / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis
keywords: Listeria; dissemination; efferocytosis; membrane damage