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The role of surfactant protein D in the colonisation of the respiratory tract and onset of bacteraemia during pneumococcal pneumonia

We have shown previously that surfactant protein D (SP-D) binds and agglutinates Streptococcus pneumoniae in vitro. In this study, the role of SP-D in innate immunity against S. pneumoniae was investigated in vivo, by comparing the outcome of intranasal infection in surfactant protein D deficient (S...

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Autores principales: Jounblat, R, Clark, H, Eggleton, P, Hawgood, S, Andrew, PW, Kadioglu, A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1282592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16255775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-126