Infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes> 1.5 million deaths worldwide annually.
Innate immune cells are the first to encounter M. tuberculosis, and their response dictates …

Host resistance to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection requires the coordinated
efforts of innate and adaptive immune cells. Diverse pulmonary myeloid cell populations …

The immune response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is multifactorial, involving a
network of innate and adaptive immune responses. Characterization of the immune …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major global health problem accounting for millions of deaths
annually. Approximately one‐third of the world's population is infected with the causative …

The global prevalence of respiratory infectious and inflammatory diseases remains a major
public health concern. Prevention and management strategies have not kept pace with the …

Background Mycobacterium tuberculosis continues to kill more people than any other
bacterium. Although its archetypal host cell is the macrophage, it also enters, and survives …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), a prevalent
infectious disease affecting populations worldwide. A classic trait of TB pathology is the …

High dose of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strain H37Rv administered by intratracheal
injection in BALB/c mice induce progressive tuberculosis (TB). In this model, during the first …

Airways infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is contained mostly by T cell
responses, however, Mtb has developed evasion mechanisms which affect antigen …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) inhibits dendritric cells (DC) function in order to delay T
cell response. Furthermore, there is increasing evidence that genetic diversity of Mtb strains …