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Schepers, A. (author), de Vries, M.R. (author), van Leuven, C.J. (author), Grimbergen, J.M. (author), Holers, V.M. (author), Daha, M.R. (author), van Bockel, J.H. (author), Quax, P.H.A. (author), TNO Kwaliteit van Leven (author)BACKGROUND - Venous bypass grafts may fail because of development of intimal hyperplasia and accelerated atherosclerosis. Inflammation plays a major role in these processes. Complement is an important part of the immune system and participates in the regulation of inflammation. The exact role of complement in the process of accelerated...article 2006
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Verduin, C.M. (author), Kools-Sijmons, M. (author), van der Plas, J. (author), Vlooswijk, J. (author), Tromp, M. (author), van Dijk, H. (author), Banks, J. (author), verbrugh, H. (author), van Belkum, A. (author), Centraal Instituut voor Voedingsonderzoek TNO (author)Moraxella catarrhalis is a bacterial species that has been implicated in 15^20% of all cases of otitis media in the USA and the complementresistantvariant of M. catarrhalis has been considered particularly pathogenic. A collection of geographically diverse, complement-sensitive (n = 28) and -resistant strains (n = 47) of M. catarrhalis was...article 2000