Higher interleukin-6 levels and changes in transforming growth factor-β are associated with lung impairment in pulmonary tuberculosis
Gupte AN, Selvaraju S, Gaikwad S, Mave V, Kumar P, Babu S, Andrade BB, Checkley W, et al. (10 authors)
ERJ open research · 2021-01
Abstract
Higher levels of IL-6 and slow-to-resolve TGF-β are associated with lung impairment in treated tuberculosis. These results have important implications for clinical trials of immunomodulatory therapies to prevent tuberculosis-associated lung disease. https://bit.ly/2FQEtsz.