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Advances on the Role and Applications of Interleukin-1 in Tuberculosis.
mBio - 21 Dec 2021
Silvério Diogo, Gonçalves Rute, Appelberg Rui, Saraiva Margarida
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a key player in the immune response to pathogens due to its role in promoting inflammation and recruiting immune cells to the site of infection. In tuberculosis (TB), tight regulation of IL-1 responses is critical to ensure host resistance to infection while preventing immune pathology. In the mouse model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, both IL-1 absence and overproduction result...
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