M. leprae interacts with the human epidermal keratinocytes, neonatal (HEKn) via the binding of laminin-5 with α-dystroglycan, integrin-β1, or -β4.

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Song-Hyo Jin (Author), Se-Kon Kim (Author), Seong-Beom Lee (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
• Urunga tuihono: Connect to this object online.

Although Mycobacterium leprae (M.leprae) is usually found in macrophages and nerves of the dermis of patients with multibacillary leprosy, it is also present in all layers of the epidermis, basal, suprabasal, prickle cells, and keratin layers. However, the mechanism by which M.leprae invades the der...