Anergic pulmonary tuberculosis is associated with contraction of the Vd2+T cell population, apoptosis and enhanced inhibitory cytokine production.
OBJECTIVE: To study the association of anergic pulmonary tuberculosis with Vδ2(+) T cells and related cytokine levels. METHODS: 82 pulmonary tuberculosis patients were divided into two groups according to their purified protein derivative tuberculin skin test (TST) results: 39 with TST-negative aner...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3732239?pdf=render |