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Structure-Function Relationships of C-Reactive Protein in Bacterial Infection

One host defense function of C-reactive protein (CRP) is to protect against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection as shown by experiments employing murine models of pneumococcal infection. The protective effect of CRP is due to reduction in bacteremia. There is a distinct relationship between the struc...

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Autores principales: Ngwa, Donald N., Agrawal, Alok
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6400226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30863393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.00166