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M2b Monocytes Provoke Bacterial Pneumonia and Gut Bacteria-Associated Sepsis in Alcoholics.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Dec 2015
Tsuchimoto Yusuke, Asai Akira, Tsuda Yasuhiro, Ito Ichiaki, Nishiguchi Tomoki, Garcia Melanie C, Suzuki Sumihiro, Kobayashi Makiko, Higuchi Kazuhide, Suzuki Fujio
Abstract excerpt
Chronic alcohol consumption markedly impairs host antibacterial defense against opportunistic infections. γ-irradiated NOD-SCID IL-2Rγ(null) mice inoculated with nonalcoholic PBMCs (control PBMC chimeras) resisted Klebsiella pneumonia and gut bacteria-associated sepsis, whereas the chimeras created with alcoholic PBMCs (alcoholic PBMC chimeras) were very susceptible to these infections. M1 monocytes...
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