NK-CD11c+ Cell Crosstalk in Diabetes Enhances IL-6-Mediated Inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Satyanarayana Swamy Cheekatla; Deepak Tripathi; Sambasivan Venkatasubramanian; Pavan Kumar Nathella; Padmaja Paidipally; Munenori Ishibashi; Elwyn Welch; Amy R. Tvinnereim; Mitsuo Ikebe; Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri; Subash Babu; Hardy Kornfeld; Ramakrishna Vankayalapati

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005972

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NK-CD11c+ Cell Crosstalk in Diabetes Enhances IL-6-Mediated Inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Satyanarayana Swamy Cheekatla,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Deepak Tripathi,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Sambasivan Venkatasubramanian,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Pavan Kumar Nathella,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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Padmaja Paidipally,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Munenori Ishibashi,

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Elwyn Welch,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Amy R. Tvinnereim,

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Mitsuo Ikebe,

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri,

Affiliation Blue Peter Research Center, LEPRA Society, Cherlapally, Hyderabad, India
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Subash Babu,

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, International Center for Excellence in Research, Chennai, India
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Hardy Kornfeld,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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Ramakrishna Vankayalapati

* E-mail: krishna.vankayalapati@uthct.edu

Affiliation Department of Pulmonary Immunology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas, United States of America
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NK-CD11c+ Cell Crosstalk in Diabetes Enhances IL-6-Mediated Inflammation during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection

Satyanarayana Swamy Cheekatla,
Deepak Tripathi,
Sambasivan Venkatasubramanian,
Pavan Kumar Nathella,
Padmaja Paidipally,
Munenori Ishibashi,
Elwyn Welch,
Amy R. Tvinnereim,
Mitsuo Ikebe,
Vijaya Lakshmi Valluri

Published: October 26, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005972

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