Acquisition of pneumococci specific effector and regulatory Cd4+ T cells localising within human upper respiratory-tract mucosal lymphoid tissue.

The upper respiratory tract mucosa is the location for commensal Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae colonization and therefore represents a major site of contact between host and bacteria. The CD4(+) T cell response to pneumococcus is increasingly recognised as an important mediator of immunity that prot...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey Pido-Lopez, William W Kwok, Timothy J Mitchell, Robert S Heyderman, Neil A Williams
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ffdda5c64e8748c3a405c17aecdb82d5
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