Assessment of in vitro immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a human peripheral blood infection model using a luciferase reporter construct of M. tuberculosis H37Rv

DIVERSITY OF IN VITRO CYTOKINE RESPONSES

DIVERSITY OF IN VITRO CYTOKINE RESPONSES BY HUMAN MACROPHAGES TO INFECTION BY MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS STRAINS

✍ E.G. Hoal-van Helden; L.-A. Stanton; R. Warren; M. Richardson; P.D. van Helden 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 133 KB

## Abstract Macrophages are an important component in the first line of defence of the innate immune system. They are capable of producing cytokines in response to bacterial challenge, as well as in response to cytokine stimuli from other cells in the immune system. The microbicidal response of hum