Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens

(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection. Using a human lung tissue model, they were able to show that the immune mechanisms triggered by viral pathogens prevent the tissue from mounting an effective response against a simultaneously occurring bacterial infection. Results from this study have been published in the European Respiratory Journal*.