Analysis of Cytokine-inducing Activity of Pneumolysin Produced by Streptococcus pneumoniae: an Essential Region of Pneumolysin for the Cytokine-inducing Activity is Different from that for the Membrane-lytic Activity

Kawamura, Ikuo (Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University) ;
Baba, Hisashi (Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University) ;
Kohda, Chikara (Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University) ;
Mitsuyama, Masao (Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)