Investigations into the reason why Shigella is enclosed within neutrophil vacuoles led Weinrauch and Zychlinsky to discover how the neutrophil can neutralize not only Shigella but also other ...

A key function of neutrophils is to attack and kill bacteria at sites of infection. Bacteria are phagocytosed and fusion of phagocytic vacuoles with neutrophil granules exposes the bacteria to a ...