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Título : | Differential expression of antimicrobial peptides in active and latent tuberculosis and its relationship with diabetes mellitus |
Autor : | Gonzalez- Curiel, Irma Castañeda- Delgado, Julio Lopez-Lopez, Nallely Araujo, Zaida Hernandez- Pando, Rogelio Gandara- Jasso, Benjamin Macias- Segura, Noe Enciso-Moreno, Antonio Rivas- Santiago, Bruno |
Palabras clave : | Tuberculosis Antimicrobial peptides Diabetes |
Fecha de publicación : | 2011 |
Editorial : | Human Immunology |
Citación : | Vol. 72;8 |
Resumen : | Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most important infectious diseases, causing 1.8 million deaths annually worldwide.
This problem has increased because of the association with human immmunodeficiency virus and diabetes mellitus type 2, mainly in developing countries. In the past few years it has been highlighted the significance of
antimicrobial peptides in the immunopathogenesis of TB ex vivo and in experimental models studies. In this study
we analyzed the expression of CAMP, DEFA1, DEFB4, and DEFB103A in patients with latent TB and progressive TB with and without comorbidity with diabetes mellitus type 2. Antimicrobial peptide gene expression increased during progressive TB, which could be used as a biomarker for reactivation. By contrast, patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 have lower antimicrobial peptides gene expression, suggesting that the lack of its proper production in these patients contribute to enhance the risk for TB reactivation. |
URI : | http://hdl.handle.net/10872/16436 |
ISSN : | 0198-8859 |
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