Introduction
infectious disease, spondylitis
INFECTIOUS DISEASE, SPONDYLITIS, TUBERCULOSIS (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) spondylitis is a spinal infectious disease caused by the bacterium Vitamin D is a prohormone that plays an important role in the absorption of calcium in the intestines [Toll-like receptors (TLRs) is a family of proteins that are expressed either on the surface of extracellular cells, in the cytosol, or on the endosome membranes of macrophages and dendritic cells. TLRs plays a key role in the innate immune response to infectious agents [Several mycobacterial antigens such as LpqH, lipoarabinomannan (LAM), lipomannan (LM), 38-kDa antigen, LprG, LprA, PhoS1, trehalose dimycolate (TDM), and phosphatidylinositol mannoside (PIM) will activate TLR2 [