It is found that a protein of human body is beneficial for immune cells to eliminate Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Last Update: 2015-07-20
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[science and technology news] on September 1, according to media reports, recently, a research team from Kyushu University in Japan reported that they found a protein in human immune cells, which can help immune cells eliminate tuberculosis This discovery is expected to promote the development of tuberculosis treatment drugs This protein, called dectin-2, is located in human immune cells and has the property of binding with sugar According to a team led by Yamasaki, Professor of the Institute of biological regulation medicine of Kyushu University, dectin-2 can recognize lipid arabinoglycan, the most characteristic glycolipid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and thus activate immune cells, thus eliminating Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the infected cells In the experiment, the team found that if the immune cells of the mice did not contain dectin-2 protein, they would not react to TB Yamasaki said that the protein is already present in the human body If a new drug for tuberculosis treatment is developed based on the protein, it is expected to play a role in the drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the pathogen that causes human and animal tuberculosis It can invade all organs of the body, especially pulmonary tuberculosis Tuberculosis is still one of the major infectious diseases, and one third of the world's population is threatened by tuberculosis.
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