House Dust Mite Aeroallergen Suppresses Leukocyte Phagocytosis and Netosis Initiated by Pneumococcal Lung Infection

• Main Authors: Angelica Papanicolaou (Author), Hao Wang (Author), Jonathan McQualter (Author), Christian Aloe (Author), Stavros Selemidis (Author), Catherine Satzke (Author), Ross Vlahos (Author), Steven Bozinovski (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Asthmatics are highly susceptible to developing lower respiratory tract infections caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae (SPN, the pneumococcus). It has recently emerged that underlying allergic airway disease creates a lung microenvironment that is defective in controlling pneumococcal lung infections...