Intact M. leprae and its lipids did not incite any cell recruitment. Apolar external cell wall lipids from M. leprae and BCG induce different cellular responses. They seem to have a crucial importance at the first contact of mycobacteria with the host cell, modulating the influx of neutrophils/macrophages in the early (4/24 h) onset of the inflammatory reaction.
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