Científicos estudian proceso de contagio de la Brucella
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2020-11
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Nuñez Z., Johnny
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Oficina de Comunicación, Universidad Nacional
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Elías  Barquero  académico  de  la  Escuela  de  Medicina  Veterinaria  (EMV)  y  Edgardo  Moreno, profesor emérito de la Universidad Nacional  (UNA),  publicaron  recientemente  una  investigación  sobre  el  papel  de  los  neutrófilos  (un  tipo  de  célula  inmune)  en  la  brucelosis.  En  esta  publicación  se  logró  evidenciar  cómo  esta  bacteria  es  capaz  de  pasar desapercibida del sistema inmunológico  y  de  replicarse  dentro  de  las  células  del  organismo para inducir en este, infecciones de larga duración (infecciones crónicas). En  la  investigación,  los  investigadores  propusieron, además, un modelo en el que los  neutrófilos  infectados  por  Brucella,  funcionan  como  vehículos  para  la  dispersión  bacteriana y que, a su vez, estas células funcionan  como  moduladores  de  la  respuesta  inmunológica de esta infección.
Elias Barquero, academic from the School of Veterinary Medicine (EMV) and Edgardo Moreno, professor emeritus from the National University (UNA), recently published research on the role of neutrophils (a type of immune cell) in brucellosis. In this publication it was possible to demonstrate how this bacterium is able to go unnoticed by the immune system and replicate within the cells of the body to induce long-lasting infections (chronic infections). In the research, the researchers also proposed a model in which neutrophils infected by Brucella, function as vehicles for bacterial dispersion and that, in turn, these cells function as modulators of the immune response of this infection.
Elias Barquero, academic from the School of Veterinary Medicine (EMV) and Edgardo Moreno, professor emeritus from the National University (UNA), recently published research on the role of neutrophils (a type of immune cell) in brucellosis. In this publication it was possible to demonstrate how this bacterium is able to go unnoticed by the immune system and replicate within the cells of the body to induce long-lasting infections (chronic infections). In the research, the researchers also proposed a model in which neutrophils infected by Brucella, function as vehicles for bacterial dispersion and that, in turn, these cells function as modulators of the immune response of this infection.
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BRUCELOSIS, BRUCELLA, BACTERIAS, BACTERIUM, SALUD PÚBLICA, HEALTH PUBLIC
