Immunomodulatory Effects of Pneumococcal Extracellular Vesicles on Cellular and Humoral Host Defenses

ABSTRACT Gram-positive bacteria, including the major respiratory pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae, were recently shown to produce extracellular vesicles (EVs) that likely originate from the plasma membrane and are released into the extracellular environment. EVs may function as cargo for many bacte...

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Main Authors: Mario Codemo, Sandra Muschiol, Federico Iovino, Priyanka Nannapaneni, Laura Plant, Sun Nyunt Wai, Birgitta Henriques-Normark
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d7617127b82645339f7752e9eef578f8
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