Iron and Tnf in Cytokine Restriction of M Tuberculosis

Byrd, Thomas F.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Type: First Independent Research Support & Transition (FIRST) Awards (R29)
• Project #: 7R29AI035249-04
• Application #: 2070785
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (SRC (36))
• Project Start: 1993-09-30
• Project End: 1998-08-31
• Budget Start: 1996-09-01
• Budget End: 1997-08-31
• Support Year: 4
• Fiscal Year: 1996

Institution

• Name: University of New Mexico
• Department: Internal Medicine/Medicine
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 829868723
• City: Albuquerque
• State: NM
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 87131

Publications

Byrd, T F; Lyons, C R (1999) Preliminary characterization of a Mycobacterium abscessus mutant in human and murine models of infection. Infect Immun 67:4700-7

Byrd, T F; Green, G M; Fowlston, S E et al. (1998) Differential growth characteristics and streptomycin susceptibility of virulent and avirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains in a novel fibroblast-mycobacterium microcolony assay. Infect Immun 66:5132-9

Byrd, T F (1998) Multinucleated giant cell formation induced by IFN-gamma/IL-3 is associated with restriction of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell to cell invasion in human monocyte monolayers. Cell Immunol 188:89-96