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Phosphorylcholine: friend or foe of the immune system?
1Dept of Immunology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK. w.harnett@strath.ac.uk
Immunology Today
|April 22, 1999
Abstract:
Phosphorylcholine (PC) is a structural component of a variety of prokaryotic and eukaryotic pathogens. In some cases, PC in infectious agents can benefit the infected host due to its targeting by both the innate and adaptive immune responses. However, as discussed here, PC exhibits a surprising range of immunomodulatory properties that might be to the detriment of the host.