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Allergic lung inflammation alters neither susceptibility to Streptococcus pneumoniae infection nor inducibility of innate resistance in mice.
Respiratory research - 27 Jul 2009
Clement Cecilia G, Tuvim Michael J, Evans Christopher M, Tuvin Daniel M, Dickey Burton F, Evans Scott E
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BACKGROUND: Protective host responses to respiratory pathogens are typically characterized by inflammation. However, lung inflammation is not always protective and it may even become deleterious to the host. We have recently reported substantial protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumo...
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