Expression of Cathelicidin LL-37 during<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>Infection in Human Alveolar Macrophages, Monocytes, Neutrophils, and Epithelial Cells

Rivas‐Santiago, Bruno; Hernández‐Pando, Rogélio; Carranza, Claudia; Juárez, Esmeralda; Leon Contreras, Juan; Aguilar‐León, Diana; Torres, Martha; Sada, Eduardo

doi:10.1128/iai.01218-07

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Expression of Cathelicidin LL-37 duringMycobacterium tuberculosisInfection in Human Alveolar Macrophages, Monocytes, Neutrophils, and Epithelial Cells

Published in Infection and Immunity • Dec 27, 2007

Authors:

Bruno Rivas‐Santiago

Rogélio Hernández‐Pando

Claudia Carranza

Abstract

The innate immune response in human tuberculosis is not completely understood. To improve our knowledge regarding the role of cathelicidin hCAP-18/LL37 in the innate immune response to tuberculosis infection, we used immunohistochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, and gene expression to study the i...

Subject

Cathelicidin

Innate immune system

Biology

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