C-type Lectin Mincle Recognizes Glucosyl-diacylglycerol of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Plays a Protective Role in Pneumococcal Pneumonia

• Friederike Behler-Janbeck ,

  ¶‡ These authors share first and senior authorship

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Tomotsugu Takano ,

  ¶‡ These authors share first and senior authorship

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3905-9355

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• Regina Maus,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Jennifer Stolper,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Danny Jonigk,

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Meritxell Tort Tarrés,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7523-3664

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• Thomas Fuehner,

  Affiliation Clinic for Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Antje Prasse,

  Affiliation Clinic for Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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• Tobias Welte,

  Affiliations Clinic for Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Lung Research, partner site BREATH, Hannover, Germany

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• Mattie S. M. Timmer,

  Affiliation School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7884-0729

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• Bridget L. Stocker,

  Affiliation School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

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• Yoichi Nakanishi,

  Affiliation Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Tomofumi Miyamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Sho Yamasaki ,

  ¶‡ These authors share first and senior authorship

  Affiliation Division of Molecular Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Ulrich A. Maus

  * E-mail: Maus.Ulrich@mh-hannover.de

  ¶‡ These authors share first and senior authorship

  Affiliations Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, German Center for Lung Research, partner site BREATH, Hannover, Germany

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