Mesenchymal stem cells offer a drug-tolerant and immune-privileged niche to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Treatment of tuberculosis needs to be taken for several weeks, despite good potency of drugs in vitro. Here, the authors show that mesenchymal stem cells can harbor Mycobacterium tuberculosis providing a niche for evasion of anti-bacterial drugs and cytokines.

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Main Authors: Neharika Jain, Haroon Kalam, Lakshyaveer Singh, Vartika Sharma, Saurabh Kedia, Prasenjit Das, Vineet Ahuja, Dhiraj Kumar
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b275098bf93142e3b839d17de3f790ee
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