Differential Early Secreted Antigen Target (ESAT) 6 kDa-induced IFN-γ and SOCS1 expression distinguishes latent and active tuberculosis

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-66

  Masood, Kiran Iqbal ^a   Hussain, Rabia ^a   Rao, Nisar ^b   Rottenberg, Martin E ^c   Salahuddin, Naseem ^d   Irfan, Muhammad ^a   Hasan, Zahra ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d THE INDUS HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ESAT6; Extra pulmonary TB; IFN ; Pulmonary TB; SOCS1; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892610697     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3412     Document Type: Article

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