• © 2014 Sangeetha Prakash et al.Chlamydophila pneumoniae is a common respiratory pathogen that causes a chronic and persistent airway infection. The elderly display an increased susceptibility and severity to this infection. However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Dendritic cells are the initiators and regulators of immune responses. Therefore, we investigated the role of DCs in the age-associated increased CPn infection in vitro in humans. Though the expression of activation …Read more
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    Carolina: Duke University Press, 2005, 230+ pp
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