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IL-17 can be protective or deleterious in murine pneumococcal pneumonia

Streptococcus pneumoniae is the major bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia, and the leading agent of childhood pneumonia deaths worldwide. Nasal colonization is an essential step prior to infection. The cytokine IL-17 protects against such colonization and vaccines that enhance IL-17 resp...

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Autores principales: Ritchie, Neil D., Ritchie, Ryan, Bayes, Hannah K., Mitchell, Tim J., Evans, Tom J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29813133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007099