Research ArticleIMMUNOLOGY
MRGPR-mediated activation of local mast cells clears cutaneous bacterial infection and protects against reinfection
- Mohammad Arifuzzaman1,
- Yuvon R. Mobley1,*,
- Hae Woong Choi2,
- Pradeep Bist3,
- Cristina A. Salinas4,
- Zachary D. Brown5,
- Swaine L. Chen6,7,
- Herman F. Staats2,8,9 and
- Soman N. Abraham1,2,3,8,†
- 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 2Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 3Program in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore 169857, Singapore.
- 4Undergraduate Program in Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 5Undergraduate Program in Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 6Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119228, Singapore.
- 7Infectious Diseases Group, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore 138672, Singapore.
- 8Department of Immunology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- 9Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: soman.abraham{at}duke.edu
See allHide authors and affiliations
Science Advances 02 Jan 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 1, eaav0216
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav0216
