Antimicrobial Roles for iNKT Cells and GM-CSF in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Infection

Despite effective antibiotics, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, still infects nearly one-third of the world's population. While key immune factors including CD4+ T cells and IFNg production have been identified, there are still many antimicrobial mechanisms...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rothchild, Alissa Chen
Other Authors: Behar, Samuel Maurice
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2014
Subjects:
Mtb
Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:11371
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:12271798