mycobacterial
- a word derived from mycobacteria.
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This directionlessness also makes those with a CCR2 deficiency more susceptible to mycobacterial infections, because the macrophages can't find their way to the tissue clusters where mycobacteria take up residence, and thus digest the invaders.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
This outcome may provide a diagnostic test for screening patients with unexplained lung or mycobacterial disease; the detection of high CCL-2 levels could provide some clarity about the condition's genetic underpinnings.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Leprosy, a mycobacterial infection related to tuberculosis, still affects hundreds of thousands of people, disproportionately burdening women.
From Forbes ● Mar. 6, 2015
Genetic and lipid profiling studies identified the likely molecular target of indolcarboxamides as MmpL3, a transporter of trehalose monomycolate that is essential for mycobacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2013
Foremost among them is phase 2a testing, which checks whether a drug decreases the mycobacterial load in patients' sputum within two weeks of starting treatment.
From Nature ● Oct. 9, 2013
