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Increased vitamin D receptor expression from macrophages after stimulation with M. tuberculosis among persons who have recovered from extrapulmonary tuberculosis

BACKGROUND: Independent of HIV infection, extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) risk is increased in women, persons of black race or foreign birth, and by genetic variants in vitamin D receptor (VDR), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), and toll-like receptor (TLR)-2; functional correlates are unclear. We evaluated macr...

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Autores principales: Fiske, Christina T., Blackman, Amondrea, Maruri, Fernanda, Rebeiro, Peter F., Huaman, Moises, Kator, Jamie, Scott Algood, Holly M., Sterling, Timothy R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6492421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31039752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3958-7