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Vitamin A Metabolism by Dendritic Cells Triggers an Antimicrobial Response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Epidemiological evidence correlates low serum vitamin A (retinol) levels with increased susceptibility to active tuberculosis (TB); however, retinol is biologically inactive and must be converted into its bioactive form, all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Given that ATRA triggers a Niemann-Pick type C2...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6553556/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31167948 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00327-19 |