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Evaluation of the role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pili (MTP) as an adhesin, invasin, and cytokine inducer of epithelial cells

This study was undertaken in order to assess the involvement of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pili (MTP) as an adhesin, invasin, and cytokine inducer in the M. tuberculosis-epithelial cell interaction. A MTP-deficient strain of M. tuberculosis demonstrated a significant reduction of 69.39% (p = 0.047)...

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Autores principales: Ramsugit, Saiyur, Pillay, Balakrishna, Pillay, Manormoney
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9427661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26748229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2015.11.002

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