People living with HIV (PLWH) are at high risk of tuberculosis development after Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. Here the authors compare single cell transcriptomics between BAL cells from PLWH on ART and healthy controls upon ex vivo Mtb infection and find impaired alveolar macrophage (AM) with reduced TNF expression and M1-AM interactions in PLWH.
- Khanyisile Kgoadi
- Prashant Bajpai
- Jyothi Rengarajan