Macrophages and neutrophils play a decisive role in host responses to intracellular bacteria
including the agent of tuberculosis (TB), M ycobacterium tuberculosis as they represent the …

Macrophages play an essential role in the immune system by ingesting and degrading
invading pathogens, initiating an inflammatory response and instructing adaptive immune …

The spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection within Africa led to marked
increases in numbers of cases of tuberculosis (TB), and although the epidemic peaked in …

Background/Objectives: LL-37 is associated with metabolic syndrome (MetS), a constellation
of risk factors comprising obesity, insulin resistance (IR), dyslipidemia, and hypertension …

Objective: The aim of this review is to examine the multiple activities of antimicrobial
peptides (AMPs) in vertebrates. Content: The largest AMP families are the cathelicidins and …

Tuberculosis (TB) still remains the thorn in the flesh of efficient therapeutics affecting one‐
third of global population annually. There are several factors that enhance the susceptibility …

Traditionally, antibiotics are included in animal feed at subtherapeutic levels for growth
promotion and disease prevention. However, recent links between in-feed antibiotics and a …

Advances in next generation sequencing (NGS) technology have provided the tools to
comprehensively and accurately characterize the microbial community in the respiratory …

An in-depth understanding of the lung microbiota in tuberculosis (TB) infection could provide
optimal strategies for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease. Only a few …

Objective—We hypothesized that ob/ob mice develop expansive vascular remodeling
associated with calcification. Approach and Results—We quantified and investigated …