Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is Associated with Heightened Systemic Type 1, Type 17, and Other Proinflammatory Cytokines - Concepedia

Concepedia

Publication | Open Access

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Is Associated with Heightened Systemic Type 1, Type 17, and Other Proinflammatory Cytokines

DOI Full Paper Access

117

Citations

20

References

2013

Year

Nathella Pavan Kumar, Rathinam Sridhar, Vaithilingam V. Banurekha, M S Jawahar, Michael P. Fay, Thomas B. Nutman, Subash Babu

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Abstract

Our data reveal that tuberculosis with diabetes is characterized by heightened cytokine responsiveness, indicating that chronic inflammation underlying type 2 diabetes potentially contributes to increased immune pathology and poor control in tuberculosis infection.

References

	Year	Citations

Page 1