Mast Cells Are Activated by Streptococcus pneumoniae In Vitro but Dispensable for the Host Defense Against Pneumococcal Central Nervous System Infection In Vivo

Mast cells reside on and near the cerebral vasculature, the predominant site of pneumococcal entry into the central nervous system (CNS). Although mast cells have been reported to be crucial in protecting from systemic bacterial infections, their role in bacterial infections of the CNS remained elus...

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Autores principales: Fritscher, Johanna, Amberger, Daniel, Dyckhoff, Susanne, Bewersdorf, Jan Philipp, Masouris, Ilias, Voelk, Stefanie, Hammerschmidt, Sven, Schmetzer, Helga Maria, Klein, Matthias, Pfister, Hans-Walter, Koedel, Uwe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5867309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616039
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00550

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