Ex vivo and in vivo evidence that cigarette smoke-exposed T regulatory cells impair host immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
X. Bai, D. Verma, C. Garcia, A. Musheyev, K. Kim, L. Fornis, D. Griffith, L. Li, N. Whittel, J. Gadwa, T. Ohanjanyan, D. Ordway, E. Chan
This study shows that cigarette smoke-exposed T regulatory cells impair macrophage control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in vitro and in vivo.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2022Immunology