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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Elastase Provides an Escape from Phagocytosis by Degrading the Pulmonary Surfactant Protein-A

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that causes both acute pneumonitis in immunocompromised patients and chronic lung infections in individuals with cystic fibrosis and other bronchiectasis. Over 75% of clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa secrete elastase B (LasB), an elastolytic meta...

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Autores principales: Kuang, Zhizhou, Hao, Yonghua, Walling, Brent E., Jeffries, Jayme L., Ohman, Dennis E., Lau, Gee W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069491
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027091