mSphere (Aug 2021)

Establishment of a Patient-Derived, Magnetic Levitation-Based, Three-Dimensional Spheroid Granuloma Model for Human Tuberculosis

  • Leigh A. Kotze,
  • Caroline G. G. Beltran,
  • Dirk Lang,
  • Andre G. Loxton,
  • Susan Cooper,
  • Maynard Meiring,
  • Coenraad F. N. Koegelenberg,
  • Brian W. Allwood,
  • Stephanus T. Malherbe,
  • Andriette M. Hiemstra,
  • Brigitte Glanzmann,
  • Craig Kinnear,
  • Gerhard Walzl,
  • Nelita du Plessis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00552-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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TB is a highly infectious disease, with granulomas as its hallmark. Granulomas play an important role in the control of M. tuberculosis