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The Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Capsule and Pneumolysin Differentially Affect CXCL8 and IL-6 Release from Cells of the Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract

The polysaccharide capsule and pneumolysin toxin are major virulence factors of the human bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. Colonization of the nasopharynx is asymptomatic but invasion of the lungs can result in invasive pneumonia. Here we show that the capsule suppresses the release of t...

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Hoofdauteurs: Küng, Eliane, Coward, William R., Neill, Daniel R., Malak, Hesham A., Mühlemann, Kathrin, Kadioglu, Aras, Hilty, Markus, Hathaway, Lucy J.
Formaat: Artigo
Taal:Inglês
Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science 2014
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Online toegang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963895/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24664110
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0092355
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