@article{8196,
  keywords = {Animals, Humans, Interleukins, leprosy, Macrophages, Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, T-Lymphocyte Subsets, Tuberculosis},
  author = {Kaufmann S H},
  title = {The macrophage in tuberculosis: sinner or saint? The T cell decides.},
  abstract = {<p>Immunity to intracellular bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis crucially depends on intricate interactions between T lymphocytes and macrophages. Before contact with T lymphocytes macrophages serve as habitat for M. tuberculosis organisms; after activation by T cells they become major effectors against these pathogens. T cells comprise different subsets which express different functional activities. This paper describes evidence that different T cell subsets (CD4 alpha/beta T cells, CD8 alpha/beta T cells and gamma/delta T cells) as well as different T cell functions (interleukin secretion and target cell lysis) contribute to immunity against tuberculosis.</p>},
  year = {1991},
  journal = {Pathobiology : journal of immunopathology, molecular and cellular biology},
  volume = {59},
  pages = {153-5},
  month = {1991},
  issn = {1015-2008},
  doi = {10.1159/000163634},
  language = {eng},
}