Immunoproteomic identification of human T cell antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that differentiate healthy contacts from tuberculosis patients

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 538-549

  Deenadayalan, Anbarasu ^a   Heaslip, Darragh ^b   Rajendiran, Adhilakshmi Aavudaiyappan ^a   Velayudham, Banurekha Vaithilingam ^a   Frederick, Sheela ^a   Yang, Hong Liang ^b   Dobos, Karen ^b   Belisle, John T ^b   Raja, Alamelu ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTEOMICS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 77649138895     PISSN: 15359476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/mcp.M900299-MCP200     Document Type: Article

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