Patients with Concurrent Tuberculosis and Diabetes Have a Pro-Atherogenic Plasma Lipid Profile

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major risk factor for development of tuberculosis (TB), however the underlying molecular foundations are unclear. Since lipids play a central role in the development of both DM and TB, lipid metabolism may be important for TB-DM pathophysiology. Methods...

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Main Authors: Frank Vrieling, Katharina Ronacher, Léanie Kleynhans, Erik van den Akker, Gerhard Walzl, Tom H.M. Ottenhoff, Simone A. Joosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418301683