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Vitamin D status contributes to the antimicrobial activity of macrophages against Mycobacterium leprae
BACKGROUND: The immune system depends on effector pathways to eliminate invading pathogens from the host in vivo. Macrophages (MΦ) of the innate immune system are armed with vitamin D-dependent antimicrobial responses to kill intracellular microbes. However, how the physiological levels of vitamin D...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6044553/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29965969 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006608 |