"Mycobacterium avium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A bacterium causing tuberculosis in domestic fowl and other birds. In pigs, it may cause localized and sometimes disseminated disease. The organism occurs occasionally in sheep and cattle. It should be distinguished from the M. avium complex, which infects primarily humans.
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D009162
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.510.024.049.525.500.300 B03.510.460.400.410.552.552.300
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mycobacterium avium" by people in Profiles.
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Ramirez O, Garza KM. Leptin deficiency in vivo enhances the ability of splenic dendritic cells to activate T cells. Int Immunol. 2014 Nov; 26(11):627-36.
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Montoya J, Varela-Ramirez A, Shanmugasundram M, Martinez LE, Primm TP, Aguilera RJ. Tandem screening of toxic compounds on GFP-labeled bacteria and cancer cells in microtiter plates. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Sep 23; 335(2):367-72.
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Angenent LT, Kelley ST, St Amand A, Pace NR, Hernandez MT. Molecular identification of potential pathogens in water and air of a hospital therapy pool. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 29; 102(13):4860-5.
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Cantrell CL, Nu?ez IS, Casta?eda-Acosta J, Foroozesh M, Fronczek FR, Fischer NH, Franzblau SG. Antimycobacterial activities of dehydrocostus lactone and its oxidation products. J Nat Prod. 1998 Oct; 61(10):1181-6.
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Newman GW, Guarnaccia JR, Remold HG, Kazanjian PH. Cytokines enhance neutrophils from human immunodeficiency virus-negative donors and AIDS patients to inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium avium in vitro. J Infect Dis. 1997 Apr; 175(4):891-900.
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Gan H, Newman GW, Remold HG. Plasminogen activator inhibitor type 2 prevents programmed cell death of human macrophages infected with Mycobacterium avium, serovar 4. J Immunol. 1995 Aug 01; 155(3):1304-15.
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Gan H, Newman GW, Remold HG. Human macrophages acquire a hyporesponsive state of tumor necrosis factor alpha production in response to successive Mycobacterium avium serovar 4 stimulation. Infect Immun. 1995 May; 63(5):1921-6.
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Newman GW, Guarnaccia JR, Vance EA, Wu JY, Remold HG, Kazanjian PH. Interleukin-12 enhances antigen-specific proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HIV-positive and negative donors in response to Mycobacterium avium. AIDS. 1994 Oct; 8(10):1413-9.