Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
3415368 Microbes and Infection 2009 7 Pages PDF
Abstract

Decoy receptors are “silent scavengers” of CC chemokines and cytokines, which play a key role in damping inflammation and tissue damage. In this review we discuss on recent findings demonstrating that these receptors set the balance between antimicrobial resistance, immune activation and inflammatory response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

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