The role of CD44 and osteopontin in infection and inflammation
It is shown here that CD44 facilitates bacterial outgrowth and dissemination during pneumococcal pneumonia, which in lethal infection results in a prolonged survival of CD44 KO mice, and during sublethal pneumonia CD44 contributes to the resolution of the inflammatory response.
A. J. Hoogendijk, Alex
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