Thalidomide treatment reduces tumor necrosis factor alpha production and enhances weight gain in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

BACKGROUND: The monocyte-derived cytokine, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), is essential for host immunity, but overproduction of this cytokine may have serious pathologic consequences. Excess TNF alpha produced in pulmonary tuberculosis may cause fevers, weakness, night sweats, necrosis, an...

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Hauptverfasser: Tramontana, J. M., Utaipat, U., Molloy, A., Akarasewi, P., Burroughs, M., Makonkawkeyoon, S., Johnson, B., Klausner, J. D., Rom, W., Kaplan, G.
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Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 1995
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Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2229989/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8521296
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