Regulatory T cells are expanded in blood and disease sites in patients with tuberculosis

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 803-810

  Guyot Revol, Valerie ^b   Innes, John A ^b   Hackforth, Sarah ^b   Hinks, Tim ^b   Lalvani, Ajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells; FoxP3; Immunopathology; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33645276814     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200508-1294OC     Document Type: Article

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