Microenvironments in tuberculous granulomas are delineated by distinct populations of macrophage subsets and expression of nitric oxide synthase and arginase isoforms.

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Published in J Immunol on June 07, 2013

Authors

Joshua T Mattila1, Olabisi O Ojo, Diane Kepka-Lenhart, Simeone Marino, Jin Hee Kim, Seok Yong Eum, Laura E Via, Clifton E Barry, Edwin Klein, Denise E Kirschner, Sidney M Morris, Philana Ling Lin, Joanne L Flynn

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1: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.

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