Ethanol-Induced Alcohol Dehydrogenase E (AdhE) Potentiates Pneumolysin in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Alcohol impairs the host immune system, rendering the host more vulnerable to infection. Therefore, alcoholics are at increased risk of acquiring serious bacterial infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, including pneumonia. Nevertheless, how alcohol affects pneumococcal virulence remains unc...

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I publikationen:Infect Immun
Huvudupphovsmän: Luong, Truc Thanh, Kim, Eun-Hye, Bak, Jong Phil, Nguyen, Cuong Thach, Choi, Sangdun, Briles, David E., Pyo, Suhkneung, Rhee, Dong-Kwon
Materialtyp: Artigo
Språk:Inglês
Publicerad: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Molecular Pathogenesis
Länkar:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4288861/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25312953
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.02434-14
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