Differential Responses by Human Macrophages to Infection With Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria

Differential Responses by Human Macrophages to Infection With Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are formidable causes of lung diseases throughout the world. While MTB is considered to be more virulent than NTM, host factors also play a key role in disease development. To elucidate whether there are differential immune resp...

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Main Authors: Zhihong Feng, Xiyuan Bai, Tao Wang, Cindy Garcia, An Bai, Li Li, Jennifer R. Honda, Xiuhong Nie, Edward D. Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
apoptosis
autophagy
nuclear factor-kappa B
cytokines
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00116/full

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