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Morphoproteomics Identifies the Foamy Alveolar Macrophage as an M2 Phenotype with PD-L1 Expression in the Early Lesion of Post-Primary Tuberculosis: Implications for Host Immune Surveillance and Therapy.
Annals of clinical and laboratory science - 1 Jul 2020
Hwang Shen-An, Ali Yasir, Fedotova Elena, Hunter Robert L, Brown Robert E
Abstract excerpt
Post-primary tuberculosis (TB) disease is characterized by paucibacillary necrosis of the early lesion, tuberculous pneumonia, in the adult human lung. The mechanism is speculated to be a strong localized delayed type hypersensitive response (DTH). However, up to this date, no one has been able to identify the source of the large accumulation of MTB antigens required for the DTH response. Although it is known and...
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