Genetic Vulnerability to Tuberculosis
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•New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disorders
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New findings on TB could change how we treat inflammatory disorders.
Study explains why treatments for many autoimmune and inflammatory diseases raise the risk of contracting TB .
Findings upends long-held assumptions about what kicks off an immune response.
Carriers of a rare genetic mutation become vulnerable to not just TB but to a variety of infectious diseases.
The discovery solves a long-standing mystery about why TNF inhibitors raise the chances of contracting TB .
Without TNF, a key part of the defense against it is defunct.
The findings may lead to a radical reassessment of TNF 's role in immune function -- and new treatment possibilities.
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