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Protective role of membrane tumour necrosis factor in the host’s resistance to mycobacterial infection

Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) plays a critical role in the recruitment and activation of mononuclear cells in mycobacterial infection. The role of membrane TNF, in host resistance against Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG), was tested in knock-in mice in which the endogenous TNF wa...

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Autores principales: Allie, Nasiema, Alexopoulou, Lena, Quesniaux, Valerie J F, Fick, Lizette, Kranidioti, Ksanthi, Kollias, George, Ryffel, Bernhard, Jacobs, Muazzam
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Science Inc 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2612548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18544042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2567.2008.02865.x