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Extracellular Mycobacterial DNA-binding Protein 1 Participates in Mycobacterium-Lung Epithelial Cell Interaction through Hyaluronic Acid
3 Jul 2004
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects not only host macrophages but also nonprofessional phagocytes, such as alveolar epithelial cells. Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are considered as the component of mycobacterial adherence to epithelial cells. Here we show that extracellularly occurring mycobacterial DNA-binding protein 1 (MDP1) promotes mycobacterial infection to A549 human lung epithelial cells through hyaluronic...
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