TitleRecombinant cytokines for controlling mycobacterial infections.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsBermudez, LE, Kaplan, G
JournalTrends in microbiology
Volume3
Issue1
Pagination22-7
Date Published1995 Jan
KeywordsTuberculosis
Abstract

Knowing how mycobacteria exploit host cytokines to survive and which cytokines have important roles in host defense against mycobacteria should allow the use of these molecules in the treatment of mycobacterial infections. Both interleukin 2 and interferon gamma have been used to treat patients with leprosy, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is presently being administered to AIDS patients infected with Mycobacterium avium.