CXCL10/IP10 is a novel potential in vitro marker of TB infection

Introduction IFN-γ is a pivotal cytokine in the immune response to Myc. tuberculosis, infact this is the key cytokine produced in response to antigens specific following tuberculosis exposure causing either active or latent tuberculosis (TB) and this observation forms the basis of interferon gamma r...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Sauzullo, Valeria Belvisi, Fernanda Chiarini, Miriam Lichtner, Claudio Maria Mastroianni, Fabio Mengoni, Raffaella Rossi, Vincenzo Vullo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2009-06-01
Series:Microbiologia Medica
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Online Access:http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/mm/article/view/2535