S100A8/A9 is not involved in host defense against murine urinary tract infection.

BACKGROUND: Inflammation is commonly followed by the release of endogenous proteins called danger associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) that are able to warn the host for eminent danger. S100A8/A9 subunits are DAMPs that belong to the S100 family of calcium binding proteins. S100A8/A9 complexes indu...

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Main Authors: Mark C Dessing, Loes M Butter, Gwendoline J Teske, Nike Claessen, Chris M van der Loos, Thomas Vogl, Johannes Roth, Tom van der Poll, Sandrine Florquin, Jaklien C Leemans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2954806?pdf=render