Lsr2 of Mycobacterium leprae and its synthetic peptides elicit restitution of T cell responses in erythema nodosum leprosum and reversal reactions in patients with lepromatous leprosy

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 673-682

  Saini, Chaman ^a   Prasad, H K ^b   Rani, Rajni ^c   Murtaza, A ^b,e   Misra, Namita ^b,f   Narayan, N P Shanker ^d   Nath, Indira ^a,b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^d Voluntary Health Services   (India)

^e Department of HuMAbs   (United States)

^f L'Oreal Research and Innovation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; C PEPTIDE; CLOFAZIMINE; DAPSONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA A ANTIGEN; LSR2 PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE B; PEPTIDE E; PEPTIDE F; RIFAMPICIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE BORDERLINE LEPROSY; BORDERLINE LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CELL CULTURE; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM LEPROSUM; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSAL REACTION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ERYTHEMA NODOSUM; FEMALE; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876864978     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00762-12     Document Type: Article

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