Differential Macrophage Response to Slow- and Fast-Growing Pathogenic Mycobacteria

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have recently been recognized as important species that cause disease even in immunocompetent individuals. The mechanisms that these species use to infect and persist inside macrophages are not well characterised. To gain insight concerning this process we used THP-...

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Main Authors: A. Cecilia Helguera-Repetto, Rommel Chacon-Salinas, Jorge F. Cerna-Cortes, Sandra Rivera-Gutierrez, Vianney Ortiz-Navarrete, Iris Estrada-Garcia, Jorge A. Gonzalez-y-Merchand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/916521