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Glutathione deficiency in type 2 diabetes impairs cytokine responses and control of intracellular bacteria
1 May 2012
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Individuals with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of acquiring melioidosis, a disease caused by Burkholderia pseudomallei infection. Although up to half of melioidosis patients have underlying diabetes, the mechanisms involved in this increased susceptibility are unknown. We found that B. pseudomallei-infected PBMCs from diabetic patients were impaired in IL-12p70 production, which resulted in decreased...
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