Storage lipid studies in tuberculosis reveal that foam cell biogenesis is disease-specific
Storage lipid studies in tuberculosis reveal that foam cell biogenesis is disease-specific
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Guerrini, Valentina , Prideaux, Brendan , Blanc, Landry , Bruiners, Natalie , Arrigucci, Riccardo , Singh, Sukhwinder , Ho-Liang, Hsin Pin , Salamon, Hugh , Chen, Pei-Yu , Lakehal, Karim , Subbian, Selvakumar , O'Brien, Paul , Via, Laura E , Barry, 3rd, Clifton E , Dartois, Véronique and Gennaro, Maria Laura
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United States: Public Library of Science
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Foam cells are lipid-laden macrophages that contribute to the inflammation and tissue damage associated with many chronic inflammatory disorders. Although foam cell biogenesis has been extensively studied in atherosclerosis, how these cells form during a chronic infectious disease such as tuberculosis is unknown. Here we report that, unlike the cho...
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Storage lipid studies in tuberculosis reveal that foam cell biogenesis is disease-specific
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3747bcd88e6540c69d80b16441707b17
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_3747bcd88e6540c69d80b16441707b17
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1553-7374,1553-7366
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1553-7374
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1007223
