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Unveiling Unexpected Immune Activities Induced by Your Pneumococcal Vaccine

In modern-day vaccine design, a good pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide vaccine is measured by its ability to induce opsonic antibodies. These antibodies label bacteria for phagocytosis by neutrophils and thereby overcome the capsule’s barrier function. Doyle and Pirofski have raised a serious cha...

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Autores principales: Hurwitz, Julia L., Tuomanen, Elaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4791845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26908576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00137-16