Simvastatin Enhances Protection against Listeria monocytogenes Infection in Mice by Counteracting Listeria-Induced Phagosomal Escape

• Suraj P. Parihar ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Suraj P. Parihar, Reto Guler

  Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Reto Guler ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Suraj P. Parihar, Reto Guler

  Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Dirk M. Lang,

  Affiliation Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Harukazu Suzuki,

  Affiliation Division of Genomic Technologies, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Yokohama, Japan

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• A. David Marais,

  Affiliation Division of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Frank Brombacher

  * E-mail: fbrombac@mweb.co.za

  Affiliation International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town Component and Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), Division of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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