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Mycobacterium bovis BCG promotes tumor cell survival from tumor necrosis factor-α-induced apoptosis

BACKGROUND: Increased incidence of lung cancer among pulmonary tuberculosis patients suggests mycobacteria-induced tumorigenic response in the host. The alveolar epithelial cells, candidate cells that form lung adenocarcinoma, constitute a niche for mycobacterial replication and infection. We thus e...

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Autores principales: Holla, Sahana, Ghorpade, Devram Sampat, Singh, Vikas, Bansal, Kushagra, Balaji, Kithiganahalli Narayanaswamy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25208737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-4598-13-210