Research Article

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Requires Cholesterol Oxidase to Disrupt TLR2 Signalling in Human Macrophages

Table 1

Secretion of cytokines by Mtb-infected macrophages. The macrophages were infected with the wild-type or ΔchoD strains, or remained uninfected (none) for 24 hours. The secretion of cytokines was assessed using a BD CBA kit. The data are presented as from 5 independent experiments.

NoneWild-type MtbΔchoD

IL-1β
IL-6
TNF-α