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Pathways of IL-1β secretion by macrophages infected with clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2013
Krishnan Nitya, Robertson Brian D, Thwaites Guy
Abstract excerpt
The pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β is a key mediator of inflammation and plays an important role in the host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. To date, most studies have examined the mechanisms of IL-1β secretion using laboratory strains of M. tuberculosis and the findings may not be widely applicable to contemporary clinical strains. Here, we investigated the primary pathways of IL-1β...
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