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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Main Authors: Yung-Chi Chang, Satoshi Uchiyama, Ajit Varki, Victor Nizet
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9f7ec4c8f9a74c54b33cdd0d7976a754
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