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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,...
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