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Blockade of CD14 aggravates experimental shigellosis.
Journal of endotoxin research - 1 Jan 2001
Wennerås C, Ave P, Huerre M, Arondel J, Ulevitch R, Mathison J, Sansonetti P
Abstract excerpt
Shigella infections lead to severe inflammation associated with destruction of colonic mucosa. We assessed the effect of in vivo blockade of CD14 on the outcome of experimental Shigella infection in rabbits. A total of 17 rabbits were divided into two groups: 8 received a single i.v. dose of anti-rabbit CD14 monoclonal antibody prior to infection with an invasive Shigella flexneri strain; the remainder served as...
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