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Role of the Property of C-Reactive Protein to Activate the Classical Pathway of Complement in Protecting Mice from Pneumococcal Infection()

C-reactive protein (CRP) is not an acute-phase protein in mice, and therefore, mice are widely used to investigate the functions of human CRP. It has been shown that CRP protects mice from pneumococcal infection, and an active complement system is required for full protection. In this study, we asse...

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Main Authors: Suresh, Madathilparambil V., Singh, Sanjay K., Ferguson, Donald A., Agrawal, Alok
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3818093/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16547275
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