Leukocyte Inflammatory Responses Provoked by Pneumococcal Sialidase
ABSTRACT Cell surface expression of sialic acid has been reported to decrease during immune cell activation, but the significance and regulation of this phenomenon are still being investigated. The major human bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae causes pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis, often...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2012-03-01
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Series: | mBio |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00220-11 |