Increased Tertiary Lymphoid Structures are Associated with Exaggerated Lung Tissue Damage in Smokers with Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Smoker TB patients exhibited increased pulmonary TLS, which was associated with exacerbated lung lesions on chest CT, suggesting that cigarette smoking may exacerbate lung damage by promoting TLS formation.
Authors
- Yu Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6803-9807)
- Meng Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-0284)
- Yujing Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0007-853X)
- Zhiyuan Sheng
- Yong Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3648-5308)
- Yue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6984-3047)
- Liang Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3571-8058)
- Xiang Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-0412)
- Xiao Yan Gai
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Beijing Chest Hospital (CN)
- Peking University Third Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-07-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3967/bes2025.020
- Primary Topic
- Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00