Modulation of the Arginase Pathway in the Context of Microbial Pathogenesis: A Metabolic Enzyme Moonlighting as an Immune Modulator

Priyanka Das; Amit Lahiri; Ayan Lahiri; Dipshikha Chakravortty

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000899

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Modulation of the Arginase Pathway in the Context of Microbial Pathogenesis: A Metabolic Enzyme Moonlighting as an Immune Modulator

Priyanka Das ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Priyanka Das, Amit Lahiri

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Amit Lahiri ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Priyanka Das, Amit Lahiri

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Ayan Lahiri,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Dipshikha Chakravortty

* E-mail: dipa@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Modulation of the Arginase Pathway in the Context of Microbial Pathogenesis: A Metabolic Enzyme Moonlighting as an Immune Modulator

Priyanka Das,
Amit Lahiri,
Ayan Lahiri,
Dipshikha Chakravortty

Published: June 17, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000899

About the Authors

Priyanka Das

Contributed equally to this work with: Priyanka Das, Amit Lahiri

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Amit Lahiri

Contributed equally to this work with: Priyanka Das, Amit Lahiri

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Ayan Lahiri

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Dipshikha Chakravortty

* E-mail: dipa@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Research and Biosafety Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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