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Early cellular mechanisms of type I interferon-driven susceptibility to tuberculosis

Dmitri I. Kotov, Ophelia V. Lee, Stefan A. Fattinger, Charlotte A. Langner, Jaresley V. Guillen, Joshua M. Peters, Andres Moon, Eileen M. Burd, Kristen C. Witt, Daniel B. Stetson, David L. Jaye, Bryan D. Bryson, Russell E. Vance

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes 1.6 million deaths annually. Active tuberculosis correlates with a neutrophil-driven type I interferon (IFN) signature, but the cellular mechanisms underlying tuberculosis pathogenesis remain poorly understood. We found that interstitial macrophages (IMs) and plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) are dominant producers of type I IFN during Mtb infection in mice and non-human primates, and pDCs localize near human Mtb granulomas.

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