Th2 biased immune response in cases with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and tuberculin anergy

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-204

  Baliko Z ^a   Szereday, L ^b   Szekeres Bartho, J ^b  

^a Hungarian Academy of Sciences   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Interleukin 10; Interleukin 12; Interleukin 4; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculin anergy

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SKIN; SPUTUM; TH2 CELLS; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031758510     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00089-3     Document Type: Article

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