Tuberculosis Bacterium May Undermine Immune Regulation to Drive Disease Progression (IMAGE)

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Tuberculosis Bacterium May Undermine Immune Regulation to Drive Disease Progression

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The bacterium that causes tuberculosis -- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) -- may disrupt human immune system regulation processes to promote destruction of lung tissue, according to new research published in PLOS Pathogens.

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Brace PT, et al. (2017)

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