Certain embodiments are directed to compositions and methods of inhibiting a pathogenic bacterial infection involving ADAM10, specifically a method for treating pore-forming toxin-inducted pathology caused by exposure to staphylococcus in a subject, comprising administering an effective amount of a ADAM10 inhibitor to a patient. The methods include treating pneumonia or inhibiting disruption to epithelial barrier in a subject, having or at risk of developing staphylococcal infection.
某些实施方案涉及抑制涉及A
DAM10的致病细菌感染的组合物和方法,特别是治疗受试者暴露于葡萄球菌引起的孔形成毒素诱发病理的方法,包括向患者施用有效量的A
DAM10
抑制剂。该方法包括治疗肺炎或抑制患有或有可能患葡萄球菌感染的受试者上皮屏障的破坏。