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IL-17 signalling restructures the nasal microbiome and drives dynamic changes following Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization.
BMC genomics - 23 Oct 2017
Ritchie Neil D, Ijaz Umer Z, Evans Tom J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizes the nasopharynx prior to causing disease, necessitating successful competition with the resident microflora. Cytokines of the IL-17 family are important in host defence against this pathogen but their effect on the nasopharyngeal microbiome is unknown. Here we analyse the influence of IL-17 on the composition and interactions of the...
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