| Literature DB >> 16299338 |
Maryse Letiembre1, Hakim Echchannaoui, Philipp Bachmann, Fabrizia Ferracin, Concepción Nieto, Manuel Espinosa, Regine Landmann.
Abstract
Phagocytosis and killing of Streptococcus pneumoniae was compared in blood-derived wild-type (WT) and Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2)-deficient (TLR2-/-) polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). Phagocytosis of green fluorescent protein-transformed pneumococci was delayed in TLR2-/- PMN. These cells exhibited also a lower oxidative bactericidal activity against S. pneumoniae than WT PMN, suggesting that TLR2 modulates bacterial clearance in PMN.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16299338 PMCID: PMC1307087 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.12.8397-8401.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441