Editorial: Tregs and BCG - Dangerous liaisons in TB

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1067-1069

  Coleman, Michelle M ^a,b   Keane, Joseph ^a,b   Mills, Kingston H G ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anergy; Innate immunity; Suppression; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BCG VACCINATION; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LATENT TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BCG VACCINE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 78649745318     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0710419     Document Type: Editorial

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