Protein expression shift and potential diagnostic markers thorough proteomics profiling of tuberculous pleurisy biopsy tissues
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), is the second leading cause of deaths in infectious diseases around the world. About 10 million patients were diagnosed with TB in 2018, which led to 1.5 million deaths (Organization, 2019a, 2019b). China is one of the countries with a high TB burden in the world, accounting for 9% of the world-wide cases (Mathema et al., 2014). Tuberculous pleurisy (or pleuritis) is a subtype of TB occurring at the surface membrane of the lungs as a result of a response to M.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Wei-xia Xuan, Jin-jin Li, Qun-cheng Zhang, Guan-nan Sun, Zhi-wei Xu, Zhi-fu Sun, Xiao-ju Zhang Source Type: research