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SUBMITTER: Hammaren MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4072801 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hammarén Milka Marjut MM Oksanen Kaisa Ester KE Nisula Hanna Maria HM Luukinen Bruno Vincent BV Pesu Marko M Rämet Mika M Parikka Mataleena M
PLoS pathogens 20140626 6
Tuberculosis is still a major health problem worldwide. Currently it is not known what kind of immune responses lead to successful control and clearance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This gap in knowledge is reflected by the inability to develop sufficient diagnostic and therapeutic tools to fight tuberculosis. We have used the Mycobacterium marinum infection model in the adult zebrafish and taken advantage of heterogeneity of zebrafish population to dissect the characteristics of adaptive immu ...[more]