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Active transforming growth factor-β is associated with phenotypic changes in granulomas after drug treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis.

Robert M DiFazioJoshua T MattilaEdwin C KleinLauren R CirrincioneMondraya HowardEileen A WongJoAnne L Flynn
Published in: Fibrogenesis & tissue repair (2016)
Tissue repair and fibrosis in TB that occurs during drug treatment is associated with active TGFβ that is produced during active disease. Further work will identify mechanisms of fibrosis and work towards mitigating lung impairment with treatments that target those mechanisms.
Keyphrases
  • transforming growth factor
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • epithelial mesenchymal transition
  • signaling pathway
  • adverse drug
  • liver fibrosis