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...cluding the antimicrobial peptides. It has been shown that innate immunity provides an effective defense of the lungs against Mycoplasma pulmonis, the etiologic agent of murine respiratory infections =-=(12, 57)-=-. In particular, the marked difference in susceptibility to M. pulmonis disease between C3H and C57BL/6 mice has been linked to the lesser ability of C3H mice to clear the mycoplasma in the early phas...