Uptake and accumulation of oxidized low-density lipoprotein during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in guinea pigs.

The typical host response to infection of humans and some animals by M. tuberculosis is the accumulation of reactive oxygen species generating inflammatory cells into discrete granulomas, which frequently develop central caseous necrosis. In previous studies we showed that infection of immunological...

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Main Authors: Gopinath S Palanisamy, Natalie M Kirk, David F Ackart, Andrés Obregón-Henao, Crystal A Shanley, Ian M Orme, Randall J Basaraba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3320102?pdf=render