Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers progression of pulmonary fibrosis through pneumolysin

Sarah Knippenberg; Bianca Ueberberg; Regina Maus; Jennifer Bohling; Nadine Ding; Meritxell Tort Tarres; Heinz-Gerd Hoymann; Danny Jonigk; Nicole Izykowski; James C Paton; Abiodun D Ogunniyi; Sandro Lindig; Michael Bauer; Tobias Welte; Werner Seeger; Andreas Guenther; Thomas H Sisson; Jack Gauldie; Martin Kolb; Ulrich A Maus

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206420

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Interstitial lung disease

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Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers progression of pulmonary fibrosis through pneumolysin

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Sarah Knippenberg Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bianca Ueberberg Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Regina Maus Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jennifer Bohling Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nadine Ding Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Meritxell Tort Tarres Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Heinz-Gerd Hoymann Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Danny Jonigk Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicole Izykowski Institute of Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James C Paton Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Abiodun D Ogunniyi Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sandro Lindig Center for Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Bauer Center for Sepsis Control and Care, University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tobias Welte Clinic for Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany German Centre for Lung Research, partner site BREATH and UGMLC PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Werner Seeger German Centre for Lung Research, partner site BREATH and UGMLC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Andreas Guenther German Centre for Lung Research, partner site BREATH and UGMLC Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Giessen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas H Sisson Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Hospital, Michigan, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jack Gauldie Department of Medicine, Pathology, and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Martin Kolb Department of Medicine, Pathology, and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulrich A Maus Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany German Centre for Lung Research, partner site BREATH and UGMLC PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Ulrich A Maus, Department of Experimental Pneumology, Hannover Medical School, Feodor-Lynen-Strasse 21, Hannover 30625, Germany; Maus.Ulrich{at}mh-hannover.de

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Knippenberg S, Ueberberg B, Maus R, et al

Streptococcus pneumoniae triggers progression of pulmonary fibrosis through pneumolysin

Thorax 2015;70:636-646.

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Received October 9, 2014
Revised March 10, 2015
Accepted April 2, 2015
First published May 11, 2015.

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September 01, 2022

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