Group B streptococci (GBS) injure lung endothelium in vitro: GBS invasion and GBS-induced eicosanoid production is greater with microvascular than with pulmonary artery cells.

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Neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis and pneumonia cause lung endothelial cell injury. GBS invasion of the lung endothelium may be a mechanism for injury and the release of vasoactive eicosanoids. Pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAEC) and lung microvascular endothelial cells (LMvEC) were isolated from neonatal piglets and were characterized as endothelial on the basis of morphology, uptake of acyl...

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