A role for IL-18 in protective immunity
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Bianca E. Schneider; Daniel Korbel; Kristine Hagens; Markus Koch; BΓ€rbel Raupach
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Tuberculosis remains the most hazardous bacterial infection worldwide. The causative agent, __Mycobacterium tuberculosis__, is a facultative intracellular pathogen of resting MΞ¦. IFNβΞ³ secreted by natural killer, CD4 Th 1 and CD8 T cells upon instruction by ILβ12 and β18 activates MΞ¦ to