Pre-Exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Infected Macrophages to Crystalline Silica Impairs Control of Bacterial Growth by Deregulating the Balance between Apoptosis and Necrosis

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Leslie Chávez-Galán,

Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Immunology, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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Lucero A. Ramon-Luing,

Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Immunology, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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Luis Torre-Bouscoulet,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Physiology, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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Rogelio Pérez-Padilla,

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Physiology, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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Isabel Sada-Ovalle

* E-mail: isadamx@gmail.com

Affiliation Laboratory of Integrative Immunology, National Institute of Respiratory Diseases Ismael Cosío Villegas, Mexico City, Mexico
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MAPK signaling cascades
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