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Leptin improves pulmonary bacterial clearance and survival in ob/ob mice during pneumococcal pneumonia

  1. A. Hsu1,
  2. D. M. Aronoff2,
  3. J. Phipps1,
  4. D. Goel1,
  5. P. Mancuso1,*

Article first published online: 5 SEP 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03491.x

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Clinical & Experimental Immunology

Clinical & Experimental Immunology

Volume 150, Issue 2, pages 332–339, November 2007

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Hsu, A., Aronoff, D. M., Phipps, J., Goel, D. and Mancuso, P. (2007), Leptin improves pulmonary bacterial clearance and survival in ob/ob mice during pneumococcal pneumonia. Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 150: 332–339. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03491.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, and

  2. 2

    Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

*Peter Mancuso PhD, University of Michigan, 109 South Observatory Street, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2029, USA. E-mail: pmancuso@umich.edu

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  1. Issue published online: 5 SEP 2007
  2. Article first published online: 5 SEP 2007
  3. Accepted for publication 31 July 2007

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