How #gutbacteria evade the #immunesystem and avoid triggering inflammation: Now published in Science Immunology, our researchers identified a new #flagellin that binds to the #immunereceptor #TLR5 without inducing a pro-inflammatory response. Read more: https://eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/article/bacteria-evade-immune-system/
Photo: cryo-em images of a flagellum filament by Michael Bell (second author)
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