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Innate immunity and the pneumococcus

Author(s) -

Gavin K. Paterson,

Timothy J. Mitchell

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.019

H-Index - 179

eISSN - 1465-2080

pISSN - 1350-0872

DOI - 10.1099/mic.0.28551-0

Subject(s) - innate immune system , streptococcus pneumoniae , acquired immune system , biology , immune system , first line , effector , immunity , immunology , pneumococcal infections , pathogen , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , antibiotics

The innate immune system provides a non-specific first line of defence against microbes and is crucial both in the development and effector stages of subsequent adaptive immune responses. Consistent with its importance, study of the innate immune system is a broad and fast-moving field. Here we provide an overview of the recent key advances made in this area with relation to the important pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus).

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