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CRAMP deficiency leads to a pro-inflammatory phenotype and impaired phagocytosis after exposure to bacterial meningitis pathogens.
Cell communication and signaling : CCS - 16 Sept 2017
Kress Eugenia, Merres Julika, Albrecht Lea-Jessica, Hammerschmidt Sven, Pufe Thomas, Tauber Simone C, Brandenburg Lars-Ove
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BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial peptides are important components of the host defence with a broad range of functions including direct antimicrobial activity and modulation of inflammation. Lack of cathelin-related antimicrobial peptide (CRAMP) was associated with higher mortality and bacterial burden and impaired neutrophil granulocyte infiltration in a model of pneumococcal meningitis. The present study was designed...
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