Mycobacterium tuberculosis Growth at the Cavity Surface: a Microenvironment with Failed Immunity

Protective immunity against pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) is characterized by the formation in the lungs of granulomas consisting of macrophages and activated T cells producing tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon, both required for the activation of the phagocytes. In 90% of immunocompete...

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Main Authors: Kaplan, Gilla, Post, Frank A., Moreira, Andre L., Wainwright, Helen, Kreiswirth, Barry N., Tanverdi, Melike, Mathema, Barun, Ramaswamy, Srinivas V., Walther, Gabi, Steyn, Lafras M., Barry III, Clifton E., Bekker, Linda-Gail
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2003
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Bacterial Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC308931/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14638800
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.71.12.7099-7108.2003
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