Macrophage mannose receptor, CD206, predict prognosis in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Abstract Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of fatal infectious disease. Accumulations of macrophages are found in infected sites; thus, we hypothesized that a marker of activated macrophages may be related to prognosis of pulmonary TB (PTB). This study investigated serum soluble macrophage m...

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Main Authors: Yuzo Suzuki, Masahiro Shirai, Kazuhiro Asada, Hideki Yasui, Masato Karayama, Hironao Hozumi, Kazuki Furuhashi, Noriyuki Enomoto, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Yutaro Nakamura, Naoki Inui, Toshihiro Shirai, Hiroshi Hayakawa, Takafumi Suda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31565-5