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Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria

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Main Author: Shey, Muki Shehu
Other Authors: Hanekom, Willem A
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health 2015
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10986 Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria Shey, Muki Shehu Hanekom, Willem A Scriba, Thomas J Child and Adolescent Health Includes bibliographical references. Innate cells such as macrophages, monocytes, myeloid dendritic cells and granulocytes recognise mycobacteria and initiate immune responses such as phagocytosis, cytokine production and expression of maturation markers. The type and magnitude of innate responses to mycobacteria may determine the subsequent adaptive responses generated. Our aims were to determine maturational changes in innate immune responses to mycobacteria over the first 9 months of life, and to assess effects of genetic variations in toll-like receptors on host responses to mycobacteria. This knowledge is important for designing rational strategies for vaccination against tuberculosis. 2015-01-02T09:17:07Z 2015-01-02T09:17:07Z 2012 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral Ph D http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10986 eng application/pdf Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town
spellingShingle Child and Adolescent Health
Shey, Muki Shehu
Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
thesis_degree_str Doctoral
title Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
title_full Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
title_fullStr Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
title_short Determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
title_sort determinants of innate immune responses to mycobacteria
topic Child and Adolescent Health
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10986
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