Sera from patients with tuberculosis increase the phagocytic-microbicidal activity of human neutrophils, and ESAT-6 is implicated in the phenomenon

Sera from patients with tuberculosis increase the phagocytic-microbicidal activity of human neutrophils, and ESAT-6 is implicated in the phenomenon

Background: It has been reported that sera from patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis (APT) induced nuclear changes in normal neutrophils that included pyknosis, swelling, apoptosis, and production of extracellular traps (NETs). Similar changes were observed with some sera from their household...

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Main Authors: Oscar Rojas-Espinosa, Miguel Angel Rivero-Silva, Alejandro Hernández-Solís, Patricia Arce-Paredes, Alma Yolanda Arce-Mendoza, Sergio Islas-Trujillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Subjects:
active pulmonary tuberculosis
esat-6
microbicidal activity
neutrophils
Online Access:http://www.ijmyco.org/article.asp?issn=2212-5531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=3;spage=271;epage=278;aulast=Rojas-Espinosa

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