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SUBMITTER: Faridgohar M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560203 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Faridgohar Majid M Nikoueinejad Hassan H
Pathogens and global health 20170717 5
Tuberculosis (TB), an important issue in the present age, affects millions of people each year. The infectious agent of TB, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), interacts with the immune system which prevents the development of this bacterium as much as possible. In fact, the receptors on the surface of immune cells identify the bacteria, one of which is Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Different TLRs including 2, 4, 9 and 8 play critical roles in tuberculosis infection. In this paper, we focused on the ...[more]