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Epithelial Uptake of Flagella Initiates Proinflammatory Signaling

The airway epithelium serves multiple roles in the defense of the lung. Not only does it act as a physical barrier, it acts as a distal extension of the innate immune system. We investigated the role of the airway epithelium in the interaction with flagella, an important virulence factor of the path...

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Autores principales: Parker, Dane, Prince, Alice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3603936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23527288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059932