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  1. #Staphylococcus secretes toxins such as PVL to kill immune cells, incl macrophages. This study shows that PVL binds anionic #phospholipids under acidic conditions, targeting lysosomal & mitochondrial #membranes (but not plasma membrane) to promote bacterial escape @PLOSBiology plos.io/3RvcArh

  2. #Interferon-inducible #phospholipids govern #IFITM3-dependent #endosomal #antiviral immunity

    #Phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)-trisphosphate enhances inhibition of #endocytic viral entry via binding to the intracellular loop of interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3

    Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski, Giulia Unali et al

    embopress.org/doi/10.15252/emb