Effects of hMASP-2 on the formation of BCG infection-induced granuloma in the lungs of BALB/c mice
Abstract Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects the functions of the lung and causes high morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. MASP-2 is an executioner enzyme, which plays an essential role in the activation of lectin pathway. In our previous studies, the MASP-2 played a dua...
Main Authors: | Xiaoying Xu, Xiaoling Lu, Xingfang Dong, Yanping Luo, Qian Wang, Xun Liu, Jie Fu, Yuan Zhang, Bingdong Zhu, Xingming Ma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2017-05-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02374-z |
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