Bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus use highly efficient mechanisms to
evade recognition and elimination by the innate immune system. S. aureus produces
sophisticated anti-inflammatory molecules and it employs several mechanisms protecting
the bacteria against host cationic antimicrobial molecules such as defensin-like peptides
and bacteriolytic enzymes such as lysozyme. Cell wall teichoic acids and lipoteichoic acids,
complex Gram-positive surface polymers, and modified membrane lipids such as …