Group b streptococcal hemolytic pigment impairs platelet function in a two-step process

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  • who: Kristin Jahn et al. from the Center for Functional Genomics of Microbes, Department of Molecular Genetics and Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University of Greifswald, Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children`s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA have published the research work: Group B Streptococcal Hemolytic Pigment Impairs Platelet Function in a Two-Step Process, in the Journal: Cells 2022, 11, 1637. of /2022/
  • what: This study shows that GBS kills human platelets. The authors show that GBS pigment initially activates human platelets before killing them via necrosis . . .

     

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