Virulent Mycobacterium bovis Beijing Strain Activates the NLRP7 Inflammasome in THP-1 Macrophages

Yang Zhou; Syed Zahid Ali Shah; Lifeng Yang; Zhongqiu Zhang; Xiangmei Zhou; Deming Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152853

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Virulent Mycobacterium bovis Beijing Strain Activates the NLRP7 Inflammasome in THP-1 Macrophages

Yang Zhou,

Affiliation National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Syed Zahid Ali Shah,

Affiliation National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Lifeng Yang,

Affiliation National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Zhongqiu Zhang,

Affiliation Veterinary Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100125, China
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Xiangmei Zhou ,

* E-mail: zhouxm@cau.edu.cn (XZ); zhaodm@cau.edu.cn (DZ)

Affiliation National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Deming Zhao

* E-mail: zhouxm@cau.edu.cn (XZ); zhaodm@cau.edu.cn (DZ)

Affiliation National Animal Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology and Zoonosis of Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine and State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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Virulent Mycobacterium bovis Beijing Strain Activates the NLRP7 Inflammasome in THP-1 Macrophages

Yang Zhou,
Syed Zahid Ali Shah,
Lifeng Yang,
Zhongqiu Zhang,
Xiangmei Zhou,
Deming Zhao

Published: April 4, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152853

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