Soluble Host Defense Lectins in Innate Immunity to Influenza Virus

Wy Ching Ng; Michelle D Tate; Andrew G Brooks; Patrick C Reading

Journal article

Soluble Host Defense Lectins in Innate Immunity to Influenza Virus

Wy Ching Ng, Michelle D Tate, Andrew G Brooks, Patrick C Reading

JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY | HINDAWI PUBLISHING CORPORATION | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1155/2012/732191

University of Melbourne Researchers

Patrick Reading Author Microbiology and Immunology

Andrew Brooks Author Microbiology and Immunology

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Project Grant 1032079 from the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. W. C. Ng is a recipient of an NHMRC Biomedical (Dora Lush) Postgraduate Research Scholarship. The Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.