Toll-Like Receptor Signalling Is Not Involved in Platelet Response to Streptococcus pneumoniae In Vitro or In Vivo.

Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae strains vary considerably in their ability to cause invasive disease in humans, which is at least in part determined by the capsular serotype. Platelets have been implicated as sentinel cells in the circulation for host defence. One of their utensils for this function i...

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Main Authors: Sacha F de Stoppelaar, Theodora A M Claushuis, Marianne C L Schaap, Baidong Hou, Tom van der Poll, Rienk Nieuwland, Cornelis van 't Veer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4890788?pdf=render