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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Immunology

Investigation of the interactions of pneumolysin with human neutrophils in vitro

This project has been designed to elucidate the involvement of the Streptococcus pneumoniae-derived toxin pneumolysin in the intense inflammatory reactions which are a feature of pneumococcal pneumonia and to devise strategies by which these pro-inflammatory actions of pneumolysin can be neutralised

 

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