Regulation of inflammation and protection against invasive pneumococcal infection by the long pentraxin PTX3
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen in children, elderly subjects, and immunodeficient patients. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) is a fluid-phase pattern recognition molecule (PRM) involved in resistance to selected microbial agents and in regulation of inflammation. The present study was designed to as...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2023-05-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/78601 |