Transforming growth factor β production correlates with depressed lymphocytes function in humans with chronic brucellosis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 1089-1096

  Elfaki, Mohamed G ^a   Al Hokail, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Human; Immunomodulation; TGF

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADULT; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; YOUNG ADULT;

BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

EID: 71649100472     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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