Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Are Differentially Recognized by TLRs with an Impact on the Immune Response.

Tuberculosis associates with a wide spectrum of disease outcomes. The Beijing (Bj) lineage of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is suggested to be more virulent than other Mtb lineages and prone to elicit non-protective immune responses. However, highly heterogeneous immune responses were reported up...

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Main Authors: Jenny Carmona, Andrea Cruz, Lucia Moreira-Teixeira, Carole Sousa, Jeremy Sousa, Nuno S Osorio, Ana L Saraiva, Stefan Svenson, Gunilla Kallenius, Jorge Pedrosa, Fernando Rodrigues, Antonio G Castro, Margarida Saraiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3693941?pdf=render