Mycobacterium tuberculosis reactive T cell clones from naturally converted PPD-positive healthy subjects: Recognition of the M. tuberculosis 16-kDa antigen

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-325

  Oftung, Fredrik ^a   Borka, Eva ^b   Mustafa, Abu Salim ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Alpharma   (Norway)

^c KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

16 kDa antigen; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; T cell response

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; EPITOPES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031955285     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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