Role of Toll-Like Receptors 2 and 4 in Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury Induced by Pneumolysin in Mice

BACKGROUND: Pneumolysin (PLN) is an intracellular toxin of Streptococcus pneumoniae that has been implicated as a major virulence factor in infections caused by this pathogen. Conserved bacterial motifs are recognized by the immune system by pattern recognition receptors among which the family of To...

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Autores principales: Dessing, Mark C., Hirst, Robert A., de Vos, Alex F., van der Poll, Tom
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007993

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19956717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007993

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