Search for dissertations about: "mycobacterial glycolipids"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words mycobacterial glycolipids.

  2. 1. Activation of neutrophils by mycobacteria and mycobacterial components

    Author : Jenny Fäldt; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; human neutrophils; mycobacteria; oxygen radicals; cytokines; mycobacterial glycolipids; priming;

    Abstract : The genus Mycobacterium includes free-living saprophytes, opportunists, and human pathogens.Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the organism causing tuberculosis, as well as other pathogenicmycobacteria can survive and multiply inside phagocytic cells, but the underlying mechanisms areonly partly understood. READ MORE

  4. 2. Impact of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV-1 on innate immune mechanisms

    Author : Jolanta Mazurek; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), a causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), a causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), are among the leading causes of death from infectious disease worldwide. Interplay between HIV-1 and Mtb leads to the detrimental dysregulation of immune system mechanisms, which provides the conditions facilitating progression of the disease in co-infected individuals. READ MORE