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Infect Immun
; 74(6): 3668-72, 2006 Jun.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16714600
RESUMO
Interstitial lung macrophages from tuberculosis-susceptible I/St and tuberculosis-resistant A/Sn mice demonstrated significant constitutive differences in gene expression levels, whereas in vitro infection of these cells with Mycobacterium tuberculosis had only a modulatory impact on gene expression. We conclude that intrinsic gene expression profiles are an important determinant of tuberculosis pathogenesis in mice.