title: Warfare between Host Immunity and Bacterial Weapons.
abstract: Bacterial pathogens deploy protein secretion systems to facilitate infection and colonization of their hosts. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chen et al. (2017) report a new role for a type VI secretion effector in promoting bacterial colonization by preventing inflammasome activation induced by a type III secretion system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Manda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. Electronic address: emlai@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Erh-Min
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Lai
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems; D058847:Inflammasomes; D014857:Warfare; D054041:Weapons
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D058947:Bacterial Secretion Systems; D058847:Inflammasomes