The granuloma in tuberculosis - Friend or foe?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 360, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2471-

  Rubin, Eric J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTRACELLULAR KILLING; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 66649092620     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr0902539     Document Type: Article

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