Coincident pre-diabetes is associated with dysregulated cytokine responses in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Coincident pre-diabetes is associated with dysregulated cytokine responses in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)--Type 2 diabetes mellitus co-morbidity. However, the cytokine interactions that characterize PTB coincident with pre-diabetes (PDM) are not known.To identify the influence of coincident PDM on cytokine levels in PTB...

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Main Authors: Nathella Pavan Kumar, Vaithilingam V Banurekha, Dina Nair, Rathinam Sridhar, Hardy Kornfeld, Thomas B Nutman, Subash Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4230980?pdf=render

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