Alison Reid olt Kerr ND
Naturopathic Physician
201 N I ST TACOMA WA, 98403About
Dr. Alison Kerr is a naturopathic physician practicing in TACOMA, WA. Dr. Kerr specializes in proactive prevention and treatment. Dr. Kerr combines holistic healing methods with traditional solutions to medical illness. Providing both individual and family care, the most common ailments treated are allergies, chronic pain, digestive issues, obesity, heart disease, fertility, menopause, cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome. Naturopathic Physicians place a strong emphasis on natural remedies that add to the broad spectrum of remedies available.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Role of inflammatory mediators in resistance and susceptibility to pneumococcal infection.
- Nitric oxide exerts distinct effects in local and systemic infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Role of HtrA in the virulence and competence of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Control of virulence by the two-component system CiaR/H is mediated via HtrA, a major virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Contribution of the ATP-dependent protease ClpCP to the autolysis and virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
- Identification of a detrimental role for NK cells in pneumococcal pneumonia and sepsis in immunocompromised hosts.
- Innate immune defense against pneumococcal pneumonia requires pulmonary complement component C3.
- Construction and immunological characterization of a novel nontoxic protective pneumolysin mutant for use in future pneumococcal vaccines.
- Identification of invasive serotype 1 pneumococcal isolates that express nonhemolytic pneumolysin.
- The contribution of PspC to pneumococcal virulence varies between strains and is accomplished by both complement evasion and complement-independent mechanisms.
- Regulation of gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae by response regulator 09 is strain dependent.
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