ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN (AAT) REDUCES SEVERITY OF PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA IN MICE AND INHIBITS EPITHELIAL BARRIER DISRUPTION AND PSEUDOMONAS INVASION OF RESPIRATORY EPITHELIAL CELLS

Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) reduces severity of Pseudomonas pneumonia in mice and inhibits epithelial barrier disruption and Pseudomonas invasion of respiratory epithelial cells

Nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the third most common hospital-acquired infection and the leading cause of death Body Spray due to hospital-acquired infection in the US.During pneumonia and non-pneumonia severe illness, respiratory tract secretions become enriched with the serine protease neutrophil elastase (NE).Several NE activities promote onset an

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Inter- and intrabreed diversity of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) in primitive and draft horse breeds.

BACKGROUND:Polymorphism of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes ensures effective immune responses against a wide array of pathogens.However, artificial selection, as performed in the case of domestic animals, may influence MHC diversity.Here, we investigate and compare the MHC diversity of three populations of horses, for which different b

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