The Lectin Pathway of Complement Activation Is a Critical Component of the Innate Immune Response to Pneumococcal Infection

PLOS Pathogens

Youssif M. Ali¹  Cordula M. Stover¹  Gregory L. Stahl¹  Wilhelm J. Schwaeble¹  Kazue Takahashi¹  Russell Wallis¹  Umakhanth V. Girija¹  Yuichi Endo¹  Nicholas J. Lynch¹  Soren Hansen¹  Teizo Fujita¹  Uffe Holmskov¹  Aras Kadioglu¹  Peter W. Andrew¹  Kashif S. Haleem¹  Thomas Dudler¹ 

关键词: Pneumococcus;    Lectins;    Blood;    Complement activation;    Complement system;    Opsonization;    Mouse models;    Streptococcal infections;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1002793

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

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