Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, June 29th, 1998
Tests with the model, developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, suggest that interferon-gamma is important in the regulation of hematopoiesis only under conditions of stress.
"The results suggest that in the absence of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and effective macrophage function, a pathologic granulocytic response is mounted in an attempt by the organism to combat mycobacterial infection," Peter J. Murray and colleagues wrote ("Hematopoietic Remodeling in...
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