TNF-α blockade impairs in vitro tuberculous granuloma formation and down modulate Th1, Th17 and Treg cytokines

• Djalma A. Alves da Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Djalma A. Alves da Silva, Marcos V. da Silva

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Marcos V. da Silva ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Djalma A. Alves da Silva, Marcos V. da Silva

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Cleyson C. Oliveira Barros,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Patrícia B. Dias Alexandre,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation Uberaba Municipal Department of Health, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Rodolfo P. Timóteo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Jonatas S. Catarino,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Helioswilton Sales-Campos,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Juliana R. Machado,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiania, Goiás, Brazil

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• Denise B. R. Rodrigues,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratory of Biopathology and Molecular Biology, University of Uberaba, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Carlo J. Oliveira,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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• Virmondes Rodrigues

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: virmondes.rodrigues@uftm.edu.br

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Biological Sciences, Triângulo Mineiro Federal University, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8706-4223

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