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SUBMITTER: Sharif O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4055749 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sharif Omar O Gawish Riem R Warszawska Joanna M JM Martins Rui R Lakovits Karin K Hladik Anastasiya A Doninger Bianca B Brunner Julia J Korosec Ana A Schwarzenbacher Roland E RE Berg Tiina T Kralovics Robert R Colinge Jacques J Mesteri Ildiko I Gilfillan Susan S Salmaggi Andrea A Verschoor Admar A Colonna Marco M Knapp Sylvia S
PLoS pathogens 20140612 6
Phagocytosis and inflammation within the lungs is crucial for host defense during bacterial pneumonia. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (TREM)-2 was proposed to negatively regulate TLR-mediated responses and enhance phagocytosis by macrophages, but the role of TREM-2 in respiratory tract infections is unknown. Here, we established the presence of TREM-2 on alveolar macrophages (AM) and explored the function of TREM-2 in the innate immune response to pneumococcal infection in vivo. ...[more]