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Elevated mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling and increased macrophage activation in cells infected with a glycopeptidolipid-deficient Mycobacterium avium.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Jan 2006
Bhatnagar Sanchita, Schorey Jeffrey S
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium avium is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in AIDS patients. M. avium can be isolated as three major morphotypes: smooth-transparent (SmT ), smooth-opaque (SmO) and rough (Rg). Studies indicate that many Rg isolates lack or have modified glycopeptidolipids (GPLs). GPLs are major surface constituents of the M. avium cell wall and heterogeneity in their carbohydrate moieties has been used...
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