Tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα) promotes growth of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis in human monocytes: Iron-mediated growth suppression is correlated with decreased release of TNFα from iron-treated infected monocytes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2518-2529

  Byrd, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA Medical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

calcitriol; interferon gamma; lactoferrin; polymorphonuclear leukocyte; transferrin

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IRON; LACTOFERRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030927206     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119436     Document Type: Article

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