Streptococcus pneumoniae anchor to activated human cells by the receptor for platelet-activating factor

Cloning by functional expression of platelet-activating factor receptor from guinea-pig lung

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Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

Phase variation in pneumococcal opacity: relationship between colonial morphology and nasopharyngeal colonization

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Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16

Many pulmonary pathogenic bacteria bind specifically to the carbohydrate sequence GalNAc beta 1-4Gal found in some glycolipids.

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The Induction of Meningeal Inflammation by Components of the Pneumococcal Cell Wall

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Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +16

Gram-positive cell walls stimulate synthesis of tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin-6 by human monocytes

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