Pleural Tuberculosis in Patients with Early HIV Infection Is Associated with Increased TNF-Alpha Expression and Necrosis in Granulomas

Although granulomas may be an essential host response against persistent antigens, they are also associated with immunopathology. We investigated whether HIV co-infection affects histopathological appearance and cytokine profiles of pleural granulomas in patients with active pleural tuberculosis (TB...

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Autores principales: Bezuidenhout, Juanita, Roberts, Teri, Muller, Liesel, van Helden, Paul, Walzl, Gerhard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004228

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2626629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19156215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004228

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