IALS Seminar: Alveolar macrophages and the innate sentinel response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Alissa Rothchild, Veterinary & Animal Science. As the first cells infected in the lung by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, alveolar macrophages play and important role of initiating the host immune response. This seminar will cover research by the Rothchild lab on the sentinel responses of alveolar macrophages within the lung environment.