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Antibody to the type 3 capsule facilitates immune adherence of pneumococci to erythrocytes and augments their transfer to macrophages.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2009
Li Jie, Szalai Alexander J, Hollingshead Susan K, Nahm Moon H, Briles David E
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pneumoniae has been shown to bind to erythrocytes via a process called immune adherence. This adherence and the subsequent transfer of pneumococci from erythrocytes to macrophages are both dependent on complement C3 deposition onto the pneumococcal surface. The observation that anti...
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