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. 2018 Dec 21;10(1):11. doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-1240-3

Fig. 7. Proposed model of collected findings.

Fig. 7

CCR4 regulates the magnitude of pulmonary inflammation at the chronic phase of M. tuberculosis infection by a mechanism dependent on the balance in the ratio of CD4+Foxp3+regulatory T cells and CD4+ Th1 effector cells, as well as in the suppressor function of regulatory T cells. Consequently, CCR4 deficiency accentuates the susceptibility to infection by a mechanism dependent on exacerbated magnitude of Th1 cell-mediated pulmonary inflammation