Immune-endocrine network in diabetes-tuberculosis nexus: does latent tuberculosis infection confer protection against meta-inflammation and insulin resistance?

Tuberculosis patients with diabetes, have higher sputum bacillary load, delayed sputum conversion, higher rates of drug resistance, higher lung cavitary involvement and extra-pulmonary TB infection, which is called as “Diabetes-Tuberculosis Nexus”. However, recently we have shown a reciprocal relati...

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Main Authors: Vivekanandhan Aravindhan, Srinivasan Yuvaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2024.1303338/full