Signalling C-Type Lectins in Antimicrobial Immunity [PDF]
, 2013 Funding: This work was funded by the Wellcome Trust, Medical Research Council and the University of Aberdeen. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.Peer ...
Brown, Gordon D., Drummond, Rebecca A.
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Macrophage Extracellular Traps in Immunity and Cancer
Advanced Science, EarlyView.As a macrophage‐mediated innate defense mechanism, the dysregulated release of METs drives chronic inflammation and influences tumor progression. Furthermore, METs exhibit a functional duality within the tumor microenvironment, capable of both promoting and suppressing tumor development.
Junyao Li +5 more
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Tuberculosis in Kindergarten and Primary School, Italy, 2008–2009
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011 An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Italy involved 19 schoolchildren with active TB and 43 with latent infection. The source of the outbreak was a school assistant born in Italy who had a family history of TB.
Antonietta Filia +9 more
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Latent Tuberculosis Screening Using Electronic Health Record Data
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Screening for latent tuberculosis infection is recommended for foreign-born persons in the United States. We used proxy data from electronic health records to determine that 17.5% of foreign-born outpatients attending the UC San Diego Health clinic (San ...
Jeffrey D. Jenks +3 more
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Optimization of rTDMH as a Reagent Toward Improving the Sensitivity of the RT-PCR Based Diagnosis for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis [PDF]
, 2012 Current diagnostic tools being used for tuberculosis lack the speed and sensitivity necessary to successfully combat the current tuberculosis epidemic.
Bhatti, Alexandra
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis type VII secretion system effectors differentially impact the ESCRT endomembrane damage response [PDF]
, 2018 Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes tuberculosis, which kills more people than any other infection. M. tuberculosis grows in macrophages, cells that specialize in engulfing and degrading microorganisms.
Hanson, Phyllis I +7 more
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A Guide for Spatial Omics Technologies: Innovation, Evaluation, and Application
Advanced Science, EarlyView.This review presents a strategy‐centric framework for spatial omics technologies, organizing methods by how spatial information is experimentally encoded. It compares key performance trade‐offs across sequencing‐ and imaging‐based approaches, examines computational and practical limitations, and highlights biomedical applications. The analysis provides
Xiaofeng Wu +5 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genotype and Case Notification Rates, Rural Vietnam, 2003–2006
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2009 Tuberculosis case notification rates (CNRs) for young adults in Vietnam are increasing. To determine whether this finding could reflect emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing genotype, we studied all new sputum smear–positive pulmonary ...
Tran N. Buu +8 more
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Lymphoid‐Tissue‐on‐Chip Recapitulates Human Antibody Responses In Vitro
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The presented lymphoid‐tissue‐on‐chip system allows culture of primary human tonsil cells at organotypic high density under perfusion for up to 4 weeks, emulates immune response to soluble vaccines and vaccination via peripheral antigen‐presenting cells and represents a useful tool to assess cellular interactions during homeostasis, immune responses ...
Claudia Teufel +15 more
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Mycobacterium conceptionense Pneumonitis in Patient with HIV/AIDS
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 Approximately 21 human cases of infection with Mycobacterium conceptionense have been reported. However, most cases were outside the United States, and optimal treatment remains uncertain. We report a case of M.
Sarah M. Michienzi +2 more
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