Complement and surfactant protein D in the innate immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae
The aim of this project was to investigate the role of complement and lung surfactant protein D in innate immunity to S. pneumoniae.;Pneumolysin, a cytolytic toxin produced by S. pneumoniae, is able to activate the classical complement pathway. The deletion of the ability of pneumolysin to activate...
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University of Leicester
2003
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488925 |