Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Laboratory of Cardiovascular Physiology and Tissue Injury, National Institutes of Health/NIAAA, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Nat Rev Immunol. 2018 Sep;18(9):537-538. doi: 10.1038/s41577-018-0040-4.
Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression programmes in response to changes in population density. It is probably best recognized as a mechanism through which bacterial communities can synchronize behaviours, such as biofilm formation and bioluminescence. This Comment article highlights the emerging evidence suggesting that quorum sensing also contributes to the regulation of immune cell responses.
群体感应是一种根据种群密度变化来调节基因表达程序的机制。它可能是一种使细菌群落能够同步行为的机制，例如生物膜的形成和生物发光。本文评论强调了越来越多的证据表明，群体感应也有助于调节免疫细胞的反应。
