Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD8 T-cells in patients with active tuberculosis and in individuals with latent infection.

Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD8 T-cells in patients with active tuberculosis and in individuals with latent infection.

CD8 T-cells contribute to control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, but little is known about the quality of the CD8 T-cell response in subjects with latent infection and in patients with active tuberculosis disease. CD8 T-cells recognizing epitopes from 6 different proteins of Mycobacterium...

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Main Authors: Nadia Caccamo, Giuliana Guggino, Serena Meraviglia, Giuseppe Gelsomino, Paola Di Carlo, Lucina Titone, Marialuisa Bocchino, Domenico Galati, Alessandro Matarese, Jan Nouta, Michel R Klein, Alfredo Salerno, Alessandro Sanduzzi, Francesco Dieli, Tom H M Ottenhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2678250?pdf=render

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