Antibiotics induce polarization of pleural macrophages to M2-like phenotype in patients with tuberculous pleuritis

Pleural macrophages play critical roles in pathogenesis of tuberculous pleuritis, but very little is known about their response to anti-tuberculosis antibiotics treatment. Here, we examined whether and how pleural macrophages change in phenotype, transcription and function following antibiotics trea...

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Main Authors: Wang, Sisi (Author), Zhang, Jian (Author), Sui, Liyan (Author), Xu, Hao (Author), Piao, Qianling (Author), Qu, Xinglong (Author), Sun, Ying (Author), Song, Lei (Author), Peng, Liping (Author), Hua, Shucheng (Author), Hu, Guangan (Contributor), Chen, Jianzhu (Contributor), Li, Dan 1969- (Author), Liu, Ying, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Author)
Other Authors: Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group, 2017-12-11T18:59:31Z.
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