Compartmentalization of immune responses in human tuberculosis: Few CD8+ effector T cells but elevated levels of FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in the granulomatous lesions

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2211-2224

  Rahman, Sayma ^a   Gudetta, Berhanu ^b   Fink, Joshua ^a   Granath, Anna ^a   Ashenafi, Senait ^a,b   Aseffa, Abraham ^c   Derbew, Milliard ^b   Svensson, Mattias ^a   Andersson, Jan ^a   Brighenti, Susanna Grundström ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULYSIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; MPT64 PROTEIN; PERFORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CONTROL; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

EID: 67049142962     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080941     Document Type: Article

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