"The very pulse of the machine": the tuberculous granuloma in motion.
What is happening inside the tuberculous granuloma? In this issue of Immunity, Egen et al. (2008) present live images of tuberculous granulomas of the mouse, demonstrating the influx and incessant wandering of T lymphocytes.
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Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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