Limited T cell receptor repertoire diversity in tuberculosis patients correlates with clinical severity.

BACKGROUND: The importance of CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cells in protection against tuberculosis (TB) is well known, however, the association between changes to the T cell repertoire and disease presentation has never been analyzed. Characterization of T-cells in TB patients in previous study only analyzed th...

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Main Authors: Wei Luo, Jin Su, Xiao-Bing Zhang, Zhi Yang, Ming-Qian Zhou, Zhen-Min Jiang, Pei-Pei Hao, Su-Dong Liu, Qian Wen, Qi Jin, Li Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3482216?pdf=render