Serum Amyloid P Is a Sialylated Glycoprotein Inhibitor of Influenza A Viruses

Emma R Job; Barbara Bottazzi; Brad Gilbertson; Kathryn M Edenborough; Lorena E Brown; Alberto Mantovani; Andrew G Brooks; Patrick C Reading

Journal article

Serum Amyloid P Is a Sialylated Glycoprotein Inhibitor of Influenza A Viruses

Emma R Job, Barbara Bottazzi, Brad Gilbertson, Kathryn M Edenborough, Lorena E Brown, Alberto Mantovani, Andrew G Brooks, Patrick C Reading

PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059623

University of Melbourne Researchers

Brad Gilbertson Author Microbiology and Immunology

Lorena Brown Author Microbiology and Immunology

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 and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia. The Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. The financial support of the European Research Council (ERC project HIIS) and of the European Commission (FP7-HEALTH-2011-ADITEC-280873) is gratefully acknowledged. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.