Galectin-3 reduces the severity of pneumococcal pneumonia by augmenting neutrophil function

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-405

  Farnworth, Sarah L ^a   Henderson, Neil C ^a   MacKinnon, Alison C ^a   Atkinson, Kirsten M ^a   Wilkinson, Tom ^a   Dhaliwal, Kevin ^a   Hayashi, Katsutoshi ^b   Simpson, A John ^a   Rossi, Adriano G ^a   Haslett, Christopher ^a   Sethi, Tariq ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ajinomoto Co Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; GALECTIN 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 39549092591     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070870     Document Type: Article

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