Eosinophils are part of the granulocyte response in tuberculosis and promote host resistance in mice.

Andrea C. Bohrer (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Ehydel Castro (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Zhidong Hu (Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Scientific Research. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China.); Artur T. L. Queiroz (The KAB Group / Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Goncalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.); Claire E. Tocheny (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Maike Assmann (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Shunsuke Sakai (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. T Lymphocyte Biology Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Christine Nelson (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. T Lymphocyte Biology Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Paul J. Baker (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Hui Ma (Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Scientific Research. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China.); Lin Wang (Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Thoracic Surgery. Shanghai, China.); Wen Zilu (Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Thoracic Surgery. Shanghai, China.); Elsa du Bruyn (University of Cape Town. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa.); Catherine Riou (University of Cape Town. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa.); Keith D. Kauffman (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. T Lymphocyte Biology Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Tuberculosis Imaging Program (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Division of Intramural Research. Tuberculosis Imaging Program. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Ian N. Moore (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Comparative Medicine Branch. Infectious Disease Pathogenesis Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Franca Del Nonno (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico. National Institute for Infectious Diseases "L. Spallanzani". Pathology Unit. Rome, Italy.); Linda Petrone (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico. Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research National Institute for Infectious Diseases. Translational Research Unit. Rome, Italy.); Delia Goletti (Istituto Di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico. Department of Epidemiology and Preclinical Research National Institute for Infectious Diseases. Translational Research Unit. Rome, Italy.); Adrian R. Martineau (University College London. Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. London, United Kingdom.); David M. Lowe (University College London. Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. London, United Kingdom.); Mark R. Cronan (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology. In Vivo Cell Biology of Infection Unit. Berlin, Germany / Duke University School of Medicine. Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology. Durham, NC, United States of America.); Robert J. Wilkinson (University of Cape Town. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa / Imperial College London. Department of Infectious Diseases. London, United Kingdom.); Clifton E. Barry, III (University of Cape Town. Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine. Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa. Cape Town, South Africa / National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Tuberculosis Research Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Laura E. Via (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Division of Intramural Research. Tuberculosis Imaging Program. Bethesda, MD, United States of America / National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Tuberculosis Research Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Daniel L. Barber (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. T Lymphocyte Biology Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Amy D. Klion (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases. Human Eosinophil Section. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.); Bruno B. Andrade (The KAB Group / Multinational Organization Network Sponsoring Translational and Epidemiological Research. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Goncalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.); Yanzheng Song (Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Thoracic Surgery. Shanghai, China.); Ka-Wing Wong (Fudan University. Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. Department of Scientific Research. Shanghai, China / Fudan University. Shanghai Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Disease Institute. Tuberculosis Center. Shanghai, China.); Katrin D. Mayer-Barber (National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology. Inflammation and Innate Immunity Unit. Bethesda, MD, United States of America.).