Role of tissue factor in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced inflammation and disease pathogenesis.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic lung infectious disease characterized by severe inflammation and lung granulomatous lesion formation. Clinical manifestations of TB include hypercoagulable states and thrombotic complications. We previously showed that Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection induce...

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Main Authors: Hema Kothari, Shiva Keshava, Rit Vatsyayan, Nigel Mackman, L Vijaya Mohan Rao, Usha R Pendurthi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4252100?pdf=render