Human Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Understanding the Immune Response in the Bronchoalveolar System
<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>, the causal agent of one of the most devastating infectious diseases worldwide, can evade or modulate the host immune response and remain dormant for many years. In this review, we focus on identifying the local immune response induced in vivo by <i&g...
Main Authors: | María Teresa Herrera, Silvia Guzmán-Beltrán, Karen Bobadilla, Teresa Santos-Mendoza, Mario Alberto Flores-Valdez, Luis Horacio Gutiérrez-González, Yolanda González |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-08-01
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Series: | Biomolecules |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/12/8/1148 |
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