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Review
. 2016 Feb 25;17(3):131.
doi: 10.3390/ijms17030131.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Manipulator of Protective Immunity

Vanessa C Korb  1 , Anil A Chuturgoon  2 , Devapregasan Moodley  3
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Review

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Manipulator of Protective Immunity

Vanessa C Korb et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is one of the most successful pathogens in human history and remains a global health challenge. MTB has evolved a plethora of strategies to evade the immune response sufficiently to survive within the macrophage in a bacterial-immunological equilibrium, yet causes sufficient immunopathology to facilitate its transmission. This review highlights MTB as the driver of disease pathogenesis and presents evidence of the mechanisms by which MTB manipulates the protective immune response into a pathological productive infection.

Keywords: foamy macrophage; granuloma; mycobacterium; tuberculosis.

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