Immunogenetics of severe respiratory infections: models for the development of new therapeutic strategies.

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Innate and adaptive immunity plays a critical role in the defence of the lung and other mucosal surfaces exposed to micro-organisms. Anti-microbial peptides and proteins, cytokines and chemokines are important immune weapons as they build up the protective front for the respiratory tract. The notion that susceptibility to infectious diseases may be inherited is widely accepted and, as it is the failure to...

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