Treponema pallidum protein Tp47 induced prostaglandin E2 to inhibit the phagocytosis in human macrophages.
D-Y YiQ-Y XuY HeX-Q ZhengTian-Ci YangY LinPublished in: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV (2024)
Tp47-induced PGE2 production via the PERK/NF-κB/COX-2 pathway contributed to macrophage phagocytosis inhibition, which potentially contributes to immune evasion during the T. pallidum infection.