Leukocyte Attraction by CCL20 and Its Receptor CCR6 in Humans and Mice with Pneumococcal Meningitis

• Matthias Klein ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel

  * E-mail: matthias.klein@med.uni-muenchen.de

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Matthijs C. Brouwer ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Barbara Angele,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Madelijn Geldhoff,

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Gabriel Marquez,

  Affiliation Genetrix, Madrid, Spain

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• Rosa Varona,

  Affiliation Departamento de Immunologia y Oncologia, Centro National de Biotecnologia, Madrid, Spain

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• Georg Häcker,

  Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Helga Schmetzer,

  Affiliation Medical Department III, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Hans Häcker,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sven Hammerschmidt,

  Affiliation Department Genetics of Microorganisms, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

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• Arie van der Ende,

  Affiliations Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Hans-Walter Pfister,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• Diederik van de Beek ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Uwe Koedel

  Contributed equally to this work with: Matthias Klein, Matthijs C. Brouwer, Diederik van de Beek, Uwe Koedel

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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