Selective depression of interferon-γ and granulysin production with increase of proliferative response by Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells in children with tuberculosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1835-1839

  Dieli, Francesco ^a   Sireci, Guido ^a   Caccamo, Nadia ^a   Di Sano, Caterina ^b   Titone, Lucina ^c   Romano, Amelia ^c   Di Carlo, Paola ^c   Barera, Annalisa ^a   Accardo Palumbo, Antonia ^a   Krensky, Alan M ^d   Salerno, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Di Cristina Hospital   (Italy)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULYSIN; TUBERCULIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, T-LYMPHOCYTE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERFERON TYPE II; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0037115026     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345766     Document Type: Article

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