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Allergic lung inflammation alters neither susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection nor inducibility of innate resistance in mice

BACKGROUND: Protective host responses to respiratory pathogens are typically characterized by inflammation. However, lung inflammation is not always protective and it may even become deleterious to the host. We have recently reported substantial protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococ...

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Autores principales: Clement, Cecilia G, Tuvim, Michael J, Evans, Christopher M, Tuvin, Daniel M, Dickey, Burton F, Evans, Scott E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2724420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19635139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-10-70