Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae induces sustained lung oxidative stress and protease expression.

Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is a prevalent bacterium found in a variety of chronic respiratory diseases. The role of this bacterium in the pathogenesis of lung inflammation is not well defined. In this study we examined the effect of NTHi on two important lung inflammatory processes 1)...

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Main Authors: Paul T King, Roleen Sharma, Kim O'Sullivan, Stavros Selemidis, Steven Lim, Naghmeh Radhakrishna, Camden Lo, Jyotika Prasad, Judy Callaghan, Peter McLaughlin, Michael Farmer, Daniel Steinfort, Barton Jennings, James Ngui, Bradley R S Broughton, Belinda Thomas, Ama-Tawiah Essilfie, Michael Hickey, Peter W Holmes, Philip Hansbro, Philip G Bardin, Stephen R Holdsworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368769?pdf=render