Streptococcus pneumoniae Invades Erythrocytes and Utilizes Them to Evade Human Innate Immunity

Masaya Yamaguchi; Yutaka Terao; Yuka Mori-Yamaguchi; Hisanori Domon; Yuuki Sakaue; Tetsuya Yagi; Kunihiko Nishino; Akihito Yamaguchi; Victor Nizet; Shigetada Kawabata

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077282

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Streptococcus pneumoniae Invades Erythrocytes and Utilizes Them to Evade Human Innate Immunity

Masaya Yamaguchi,

Affiliations Department of Cell Membrane Biology, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan, Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Yutaka Terao ,

* E-mail: terao@dent.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan
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Yuka Mori-Yamaguchi,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Hisanori Domon,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan
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Yuuki Sakaue,

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan
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Tetsuya Yagi,

Affiliation Center of National University Hospital for Infection Control, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Kunihiko Nishino,

Affiliation Department of Cell Membrane Biology, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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Akihito Yamaguchi,

Affiliation Department of Cell Membrane Biology, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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Victor Nizet,

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Shigetada Kawabata

Affiliation Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Streptococcus pneumoniae Invades Erythrocytes and Utilizes Them to Evade Human Innate Immunity

Masaya Yamaguchi,
Yutaka Terao,
Yuka Mori-Yamaguchi,
Hisanori Domon,
Yuuki Sakaue,
Tetsuya Yagi,
Kunihiko Nishino,
Akihito Yamaguchi,
Victor Nizet,
Shigetada Kawabata

Published: October 23, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077282

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