Immunology

Cytokine Secretion Following Infection Varies by Mycobacterium Species

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 25th, 2000

A study recently published in the journal Microbial Pathogenesis notes that different species of the genus Mycobacterium influence the secretion of different cytokines after infection.

In this study, E. Beltan and colleagues at the Institute Pasteur in Guadeloupe analyzed the influence of a number of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Mycobacterium species on the effect of human macrophage cytokine expression.

More specifically, they were looking for how human macrophages express tumor necrosis factor (alpha) (TNF-(alpha), interleukin 1 (IL-1), IL-6, and granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) after cellular...

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