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Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has evolved successful strategies to invade and persist within macrophages. Intimate pathogen-macrophage contacts dictate receptor choice and probably specify the intracellular fate of these microorganisms. Binding to specific receptors, such as complement receptor type 3, could provide an advantage. These interactions appear to involve surface polysaccharides and glycolipids.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9746944 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(98)01301-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079