What specific immune cell causes the damage associated with tuberculosis?
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When this bacterium enters the body, it is engulfed by immune cells called macrophages. However, M. tuberculosis has developed ways to evade destruction by macrophages and can survive and replicate within them. This leads to the formation of granulomas, which are Show more…
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