Apoptosis is an innate defense function of macrophages against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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Published in Mucosal Immunol on February 09, 2011

Authors

S M Behar1, C J Martin, M G Booty, T Nishimura, X Zhao, H-X Gan, M Divangahi, H G Remold

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1: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

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