Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection provides protection for the host by changing the activation state of the innate immune system
J. Nemeth, G. S. Olson, A. Rothchild, A. Jahn, D. Mai, F. Duffy, J. Delahaye, S. Srivatsan, C. Plumlee, K. Urdahl, E. Gold, A. Diercks, A. Aderem
This study shows that latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection protects hosts by altering the activation state of the innate immune system in both mice and humans.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2019Immunology