Mapping of Th1-cell epitope regions of mycobacterium tuberculosis protein MPT64 (Rv1980c) using synthetic peptides and t-cell lines from M. tuberculosis-infected healthy humans

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-128

  Mustafa, Abu Salim ^a   Shaban, Fatema ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

MPT64; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Synthetic peptides; T cell lines; Th1 cell reactivity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL VACCINE; CULTURE FILTRATE PROTEIN 10; EARLY SECRETORY ANTIGENIC TARGET 6; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MPT64 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EPITOPE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD BANKS; EPITOPE MAPPING; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 76949105075     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000273073     Document Type: Article

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