Legionella pneumophila induces human beta Defensin-3 in pulmonary cells

BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila is an important causative agent of severe pneumonia in humans. Human alveolar epithelium and macrophages are effective barriers for inhaled microorganisms and actively participate in the initiation of innate host defense. The beta defensin-3 (hBD-3), an antimicrobi...

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Autores principales: Scharf, Stefanie, Vardarova, Kremena, Lang, Friederike, Schmeck, Bernd, Opitz, Bastian, Flieger, Antje, Heuner, Klaus, Hippenstiel, Stefan, Suttorp, Norbert, N'Guessan, Philippe D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20615218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-93

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