Diminished Systemic and Mycobacterial Antigen Specific Anti-microbial Peptide Responses in Low Body Mass Index–Latent Tuberculosis Co-morbidity

Diminished Systemic and Mycobacterial Antigen Specific Anti-microbial Peptide Responses in Low Body Mass Index–Latent Tuberculosis Co-morbidity

Low body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor for progression from latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to active tuberculosis (TB) disease. Anti-microbial peptides (AMPs) are multifunctional molecules that play a crucial role in the mammalian host innate defense mechanism. AMPs have been shown...

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Main Authors: Anuradha Rajamanickam, Saravanan Munisankar, Chandra Kumar Dolla, Subash Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
low BMI
latent tuberculosis
anti-microbial peptides
HNP1-3
granulysin
HBD-2
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00165/full

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