Max Planck Institute, Berlin
Differential regulation of local immune response crucial for containment of MTB
Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 27th, 2005
"In 90% of all cases, Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection results in latency rather than active disease, with the pathogen being contained within granulomatous lesions at the site of primary infection.
"Failure of this containment leads to reactivation of postprimary tuberculosis (TB). The regional immune processes that sustain the delicate balance with persistent M. tuberculosis, however, remain unclear," researchers in Germany report.
"We compared activation statuses, biological functions,...
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