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Bacterial pathogenesis: Cooperative immunomodulation

A newly discovered type of bacterial effector produced by the intracellular pathogen Shigella flexneri cooperates with other virulence factors to sabotage host inflammatory responses.

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Figure 1: The anti-inflammatory activity of S. flexneri effectors.

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