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Psychological stress creates an immune suppressive environment in the lung that increases susceptibility of aged mice to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Age is a major risk factor for chronic infections, including tuberculosis (TB). Elderly TB patients also suffer from elevated levels of psychological stress. It is not clear how psychological stress impacts immune response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb). In this study, we used social disruptio...

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Autores principales: Lafuse, William P., Wu, Qian, Kumar, Naresh, Saljoughian, Noushin, Sunkum, Shrayes, Ahumada, Omar Santiagonunez, Turner, Joanne, Rajaram, Murugesan V. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9523253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36189368
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.990402