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Pneumocystis cell wall β-glucan stimulates calcium-dependent signaling of IL-8 secretion by human airway epithelial cells
BACKGROUND: Respiratory failure secondary to alveolar inflammation during Pneumocystis pneumonia is a major cause of death in immunocompromised patients. Neutrophil infiltration in the lung of patients with Pneumocystis infection predicts severity of the infection and death. Several previous studies...
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BioMed Central
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912823/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20626862 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-11-95 |