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A Macrophage Response to Mycobacterium leprae Phenolic Glycolipid Initiates Nerve Damage in Leprosy
Mycobacterium leprae causes leprosy and is unique among mycobacterial diseases in producing peripheral neuropathy. This debilitating morbidity is attributed to axon demyelination resulting from direct interaction of the M. leprae-specific phenolic glycolipid 1 (PGL-1) with myelinating glia and their...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cell Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5848073/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28841420 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.030 |