Immunohistochemical characterization of the M4 macrophage population in leprosy skin lesions

BACKGROUND: Since macrophages are one of the major cell types involved in the Mycobacterium leprae immune response, roles of the M1 and M2 macrophage subpopulations have been well defined. However, the role of M4 macrophages in leprosy or other infectious diseases caused by mycobacteria has not yet...

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Autores principales: de Sousa, Jorge Rodrigues, Lucena Neto, Francisco Dias, Sotto, Mirian Nacagami, Quaresma, Juarez Antonio Simões
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6238386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30442123
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3478-x