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Dissecting host factors that regulate the early stages of tuberculosis infection.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2016
Agrawal Neha, Bhattacharyya Chandrika, Mukherjee Ankur, Ullah Ubaid, Pandit Bhaswati, Rao Kanury V S, Majumder Partha P
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Incomplete understanding of mechanisms involved in the host-pathogen interactions constrains our efforts to eliminate tuberculosis. In many individuals, resulting from immune response to mycobacterial infection organised structures called granulomas are formed. To identify host responses that may control at least the early stages of infection, we employed an in vitro granuloma model. Here, human PBMCs were...
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