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SUBMITTER: Behler-Janbeck F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5140071 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Behler-Janbeck Friederike F Takano Tomotsugu T Maus Regina R Stolper Jennifer J Jonigk Danny D Tort Tarrés Meritxell M Fuehner Thomas T Prasse Antje A Welte Tobias T Timmer Mattie S M MS Stocker Bridget L BL Nakanishi Yoichi Y Miyamoto Tomofumi T Yamasaki Sho S Maus Ulrich A UA
PLoS pathogens 20161206 12
Among various innate immune receptor families, the role of C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) in lung protective immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) is not fully defined. We here show that Mincle gene expression was induced in alveolar macrophages and neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of mice and patients with pneumococcal pneumonia. Moreover, S. pneumoniae directly triggered Mincle reporter cell activation in vitro via its glycolipid glucosyl-diacylglycerol (Glc-DAG ...[more]