title: The role of macrophages in host defence mechanisms against Mycobacterium avium complex infection induced in mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomioka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000276:immunology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008819:Mice, Nude; D015269:Mycobacterium avium Complex / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology