T cell responses to a mixture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptides with complementary HLA-DR binding profiles

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 416-421

  Jurcevic, S ^a   Hills, A ^a   Pasvol, G ^b   Davidson, R N ^b   Ivanyi, J ^a   Wilkinson, R J ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HLA DR; Interferon gamma; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Peptide; T cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029795115     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-791.x     Document Type: Article

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