Overexpression of macrophage inducible C-type lectin Mincle aggravates proinflammatory responses to Streptococcus pneumoniae with fatal outcome in mice

F. Hollwedel (Hannover, Germany), R. Maus (Hannover, Germany), J. Stolper (Hannover, Germany), A. Khan (Wellington, New Zealand), B. Stocker (Wellington, New Zealand), A. Pich (Hannover, Germany), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany), S. Yamasaki (Osaka, Japan), U. Maus (Hannover, Germany)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Translational science in respiratory infections
Session: Translational science in respiratory infections
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 2324
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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