Kristen L Lokken-Toyli1, Surya D Aggarwal1, Gavyn Chern Wei Bee1

  • 1Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America.

PLoS pathogens
|May 8, 2024
PubMed
概括

婴儿小鼠由于上呼吸道 (URT) 屏障功能受损,对Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) 感染的易感性增加. 这种脆弱性,以延迟的粘膜干净和改变的紧结基因表达为特征,在生命早期促进了细菌的传播和血液传播.

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