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Interferon-γ-producing immature myeloid cells confer protection against severe invasive group A Streptococcus infections.
Nature communications - 14 Feb 2012
Matsumura Takayuki, Ato Manabu, Ikebe Tadayoshi, Ohnishi Makoto, Watanabe Haruo, Kobayashi Kazuo
Abstract excerpt
Cytokine-activated neutrophils are known to be essential for protection against group A Streptococcus infections. However, during severe invasive group A Streptococcus infections that are accompanied by neutropenia, it remains unclear which factors are protective against such infections, and whic...
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