HMGB1 and cord blood: its role as immuno-adjuvant factor in innate immunity.

In newborn the innate immune system provides essential protection during primary infections before the generation of an appropriate adaptive immune response that is initially not fully operative. Innate immune response is evoked and perpetuated by molecules derived from microorganisms or by the dama...

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Main Authors: Alessandra Ciucci, Ida Gabriele, Zulema A Percario, Elisabetta Affabris, Vittorio Colizzi, Giorgio Mancino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3161821?pdf=render