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Neutrophils exacerbate tuberculosis infection in genetically susceptible mice.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Jul 2015
Yeremeev Vladimir, Linge Irina, Kondratieva Tatiana, Apt Alexander
Abstract excerpt
Mice of the I/St inbred strain genetically hyper-susceptible to TB infection and prone to form neutrophil-abundant necrotic lung lesions and relatively resistant mice of the C57BL/6 (B6) strain were infected with 100 CFU of M. tuberculosis H37Rv. To verify the role of neutrophils in TB immunity, we selectively depleted neutrophils from infected mice with highly specific 1A8 anti-Ly6G antibodies at day 2 and 6...
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