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Phenolic glycolipid-1 of Mycobacterium leprae binds complement component C3 in serum and mediates phagocytosis by human monocytes

Previous studies from this laboratory have demonstrated that Mycobacterium leprae, an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite, enters human mononuclear phagocytes via complement receptors on these host cells and bacterium-bound C3. The present study investigates the role of M. leprae surface molec...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1991
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2118995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1940785