Inhibition of toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2)-mediated response in human alveolar epithelial cells by mycolic acids and Mycobacterium tuberculosis mce1 operon mutant
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In human lungs, the earliest encounter of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the agent of tuberculosis, involves alveolar epithelial cells. Droplets expectorated by a patient with tuberculosis are likely to contain a mixed population of M. tuberculosis cells in diffe... ...
