Epitope focus, clonal composition and Th1 phenotype of the human CD4 response to the secretory mycobacterial antigen Ag85

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 226-232

  Valle, M T ^a   Megiovanni, A M ^a   Merlo, A ^a   Li Pira, G ^a   Bottone, L ^a   Angelini, G ^a   Bracci, L ^a,b   Lozzi, L ^a,b   Huygen, K ^a,c   Manca, F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d Advanced Biotechnology Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ag85; CD4; Immunodominant epitope; Mycobacteria; T cells; TCRBV

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TUBERCULIN;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD4; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0035111096     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01450.x     Document Type: Article

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