Immune pathology in pulmonary tuberculosis
Novitskiĭ, V.V.; Voronkova, O.V.; Urazova, O.I.; Strelis, A.K.; Tkachenko, S.B.; Serebriakova, V.A.; Zemlianaia, N.A.; Pirogova, N.P.; Filiniuk, O.V.; Shil'ko, T.A.
Patologicheskaia Fiziologiia i Eksperimental'naia Terapiia 1: 15-18
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-2991 PMID: 18411653 Document Number: 625660
The data of modem literature and the results of original investigations on mechanisms of immunopathological alterations in tuberculosis infection are presented. The role of cellular and humoral parts of immunity in pathogenesis of pulmonary tuberculosis is discussed and cytokine-mediated mechanisms of disorders in a specific immune response are analysed.