| Literature DB >> 11422198 |
R Townsend1, R C Read, M W Turner, N J Klein, D L Jack.
Abstract
Deficiency of the innate, humoral immune component mannose-binding lectin (MBL) predisposes individuals to a variety of infections, but the importance of MBL in infection by anaerobes has not been addressed. The attachment of MBL to a wide range of anaerobic bacteria associated with human disease and colonization was surveyed. The results suggest that for the species we examined, resistance to MBL binding may be associated with organisms that are more commonly pathogenic and that MBL binding to some bacteria may be phase variable.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11422198 PMCID: PMC1906049 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01549.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Exp Immunol ISSN: 0009-9104 Impact factor: 4.330