Pathogenesis (TB)

Integrin Expression in TB Infected Cells Examined

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 22nd, 1999

Researchers from the University of Florida reported on the characterization of integrin expression in rat macrophage cells infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis using qualitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction.

J.R. Burns and colleagues presented their findings at the 1999 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Annual Meeting and Exposition, held November 14-18, 1999, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The expression of integrins a2, a4, a6, av, b1, b2, and b3 was characterized in NR8383 rat alveolar macrophage cells both infected and not infected with M. tuberculosis to look for selective markers that may be...

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