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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2023

Automated quantitative assay of fibrosis characteristics in tuberculosis granulomas.

Li Song, Ding Zhang, Hankun Wang, Xuan Xia, Weifeng Huang, Jacqueline Gonzales, Laura E Via, Decheng Wang

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Li Song *The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Ding Zhang *The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Hankun Wang *The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Xuan XiaThe First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Weifeng Huang *The First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
Jacqueline GonzalesTuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Laura E ViaTuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Decheng WangThe First College of Clinical Medical Science, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China.
China Three Gorges University · CNNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · USYichang Central People's Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Granulomas, the pathological hallmark of Methods: In this study, samples were collected from patients with tuberculosis (spanning 16 organ types), and Results: Histopathological examination revealed that most granulomas share common features, including necrosis, solitary and compact structure, and especially the presence of multinuclear giant cells. Masson's trichrome staining showed that different granuloma types have varying degrees of fibrosis. SHG imaging uncovered a higher proportion (4%~13%) of aggregated collagens than of disseminated type collagens (2%~5%) in granulomas from matched tissues. Furthermore, most of the aggregated collagen presented as short and thick clusters (200~620 µm), unlike the long and thick (200~300 µm) disseminated collagens within the matched tissues. Matrix metalloproteinase-9, which is involved in fibrosis and granuloma formation, was strongly expressed in the granulomas in different tissues. Discussion: Our data illustrated that different tuberculosis granulomas have some degree of fibrosis in which collagen strings are short and thick. Moreover, this study revealed that the SHG imaging program could contribute to uncovering the fibrosis characteristics of tuberculosis granulomas.

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fibrosisgranulomaMycobacteriumsecond harmonic generation (SHG)/two-photon excited fluorescence (TPEF)tuberculosis

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