id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt ff365427t4d Ashley Nicole Swanson Using Molecular Techniques to Define the Role of Glycopeptidolipids in Mycobacterium avium Pathogenesis 1904 .txt text/plain 184 6 25 The outer leaflet of M. avium bacteria and other non-tuberculosis mycobacteria (NTMs) contain unique, surface-exposed, antigenic molecules known as glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) that are able to interact with host immune receptors including the mannose receptor (MR). As GPLs are likely one of the first molecules that the host immune cells interact with, determining the importance of GPLs in the context of an infection could be an important step for understanding how the host initially responds to M. avium. cache/ff365427t4d.txt txt/ff365427t4d.txt