Cytokine profile, HLA restriction and TCR sequence analysis of human CD4+ T clones specific for an immunodominant epitope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis 16-kDa protein

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 260-266

  Caccamo, N ^a   Barera, A ^a   Di Sano, C ^b   Meraviglia, S ^a   Ivanyi, J ^c   Hudecz, F ^d   Bosze, S ^d   Dieli, Francesco ^a   Salerno, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

16 kDa M. tuberculosis antigen; CD4+T cells; HLA restriction; IFN ; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPLEMENTARITY DETERMINING REGIONS; CYTOKINES; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0042166065     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02201.x     Document Type: Article

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