MHC class II tetramer guided detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-478

  Hohn H ^b   Kortsik, C ^c   Zehbe, I ^b   Hitzler, W E ^b   Kayser, K ^d   Freitag, K ^b   Neukirch, C ^b   Andersen, P ^e   Doherty, T M ^e   Maeurer, M ^a,f  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c St Hildegardis Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f Smittskydsinstitutet   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA A2 ANTIGEN; LIPOPROTEIN; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34247539128     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2007.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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