Clonal immune responses of Mycobacterium-specific γδ T cells in tuberculous and non-tuberculous tissues during M. tuberculosis infection.

We previously demonstrated that unvaccinated macaques infected with large-dose M.tuberculosis(Mtb) exhibited delays for pulmonary trafficking of Ag-specific αβ and γδ T effector cells, and developed severe lung tuberculosis(TB) and "secondary" Mtb infection in remote organs such as liver a...

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Main Authors: Dan Huang, Crystal Y Chen, Meihong Zhang, Liyou Qiu, Yun Shen, George Du, Keyuan Zhou, Richard Wang, Zheng W Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3271047?pdf=render