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Mycobacterial infection

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Priming of innate antimycobacterial immunity by heat-killed Listeria monocytogenes induces sterilizing response in the adult zebrafish tuberculosis model
Hanna Luukinen, Milka Marjut Hammarén, Leena-Maija Vanha-aho, Aleksandra Svorjova, Laura Kantanen, Sampsa Järvinen, Bruno Vincent Luukinen, Eric Dufour, Mika Rämet, Vesa Pekka Hytönen, Mataleena Parikka

Disease Models & Mechanisms 2018 11: dmm031658 doi: 10.1242/dmm.031658 Published 29 January 2018

Summary: Heat-killed Listeria monocytogenes induces immune responses that lead to increased clearance of mycobacterial infection in the adult zebrafish tuberculosis model via innate immune mechanisms.