Infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis promotes human alveolar macrophage apoptosis.

The effect of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on the viability of healthy (control) human alveolar macrophages was evaluated by staining with ethidium homodimer and calcein to discriminate live from dead cells. Infection with M. tuberculosis H37Ra or H37Rv increased macrophage mortality at 6 da...

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Main Authors: Keane, J, Balcewicz-Sablinska, M K, Remold, H G, Chupp, G L, Meek, B B, Fenton, M J, Kornfeld, H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC174591/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8975927
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