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The preprogrammed anti-inflammatory phenotypes of CD11chigh macrophages by Streptococcus pneumoniae aminopeptidase N safeguard from allergic asthma.
Journal of translational medicine - 11 Dec 2023
Yao Shifei, Weng Danlin, Wang Yan, Zhang Yanyu, Huang Qi, Wu Kaifeng, Li Honghui, Zhang Xuemei, Yin Yibing, Xu Wenchun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Early microbial exposure is associate with protective allergic asthma. We have previously demonstrated that Streptococcus pneumoniae aminopeptidase N (PepN), one of the pneumococcal components, inhibits ovalbumin (OVA) -induced airway inflammation in murine models of allergic asthma, but the underlying mechanism was incompletely determined. METHODS: BALB/c mice were pretreated with the PepN protein...
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