[Neutrophil participation in early control and immune activation during experimental pulmonary tuberculosis].

Abstract

These results show that neutrophils are the most abundant inflammatory cell type during early murine pulmonary tuberculosis, and they participate in the lung bacilli clearance and prevention of blood dissemination. Neutrophils are also an important source of proinflammatory cytokines, contributing to the early recruitment and activation of macrophages and lymphocytes, favoring cell mediated immunity against mycobacterial infection.