Studies over the past decade have helped to decipher molecular networks dependent on
Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling, in mycobacteria-infected macrophages. Stimulation of …

Studies of autoimmune disease have focused on the characteristics of the identifiable
antibodies. But as our knowledge of the genes associated with the disease states expands …

Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are types of chronic inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) of which the actual causes remain unknown. Emerging data indicate that …

Mycobacterium bovis BCG is widely used as a vaccine against tuberculosis due to M.
tuberculosis (Mtb), which kills millions of people each year. BCG variably protects children …

Background Guangxi is one of the provinces having the highest notification rate of
tuberculosis in China. However, spatial and temporal patterns and the association between …

Background: The purpose of the meta‐analysis is to explore the association between
vitamin D receptor polymorphisms (including four gene loci: Taq‐I, Bsm‐I, Apa‐I, and Fok‐I) …

Tuberculosis was a major cause of population decline among Brazilian indigenous peoples
and remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among them. Despite high BCG …

The human body is a superorganism in which thousands of microbial genomes continually
interact with the human genome. A range of physical and neurological inflammatory …

Bsm I (rs1544410) polymorphism located in intron 8 at the 3′-end of the vitamin D receptor
(VDR) gene is known to be involved in the regulation of mRNA stability. Many studies …

Objective: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
Macrophages play an important role in the immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis …