Pneumocystis cariniistimulates in vitro
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Enrica Tamburrini; Andrea Luca; Giulio Ventura; Giuseppe Maiuro; Alessandra Sira
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Article
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1991
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The ability of Pneumocystis carinii to induce tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a release by monocytes/macrophages from immunocompetent humans was investigated. Monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from healthy individuals produced an increased amount of TNF-a when exposed to P. carinii cysts obtain