[HTML][HTML] Heparin-binding-hemagglutinin-induced IFN-γ release as a diagnostic tool for latent tuberculosis

JM Hougardy, K Schepers, S Place, A Drowart… - PloS one, 2007 - journals.plos.org
Background The detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is a major component of
tuberculosis (TB) control strategies. In addition to the tuberculosis skin test (TST), novel …

Increased frequency of CD4+ CD25high Treg cells inhibit BCG-specific induction of IFN-γ by CD4+ T cells from TB patients

L Li, S Lao, C Wu - Tuberculosis, 2007 - Elsevier
Cell-mediated immunity plays a considerable role in the protection against Mycobacterium
tuberculosis infection. The immune response to tuberculosis (TB) was dominated by both …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro expansion of CD4+ CD25highFOXP3+ CD127low/− regulatory T cells from peripheral blood lymphocytes of healthy Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

JM Hougardy, V Verscheure, C Locht, F Mascart - Microbes and infection, 2007 - Elsevier
CD4+ CD25highFOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells have recently been found at elevated
levels in the peripheral blood of tuberculosis patients, compared to Mycobacterium …

How a different look at latency can help to develop novel diagnostics and vaccines against tuberculosis

C Locht, C Rouanet, JM Hougardy… - Expert Opinion on …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is one of the most successful human pathogens. It kills every
year∼ 1.5–2 million people, and at present a third of the human population is estimated to …

[图书][B] Malaria vaccines and microarrays: clinical and laboratory evaluation of two vaccine regimens

SJ Dunachie - 2007 - search.proquest.com
A vaccine for malaria is urgently required, but clear correlates of immunity against malaria
have not been established. A better understanding of immune markers induced by …

Suppression of the Immune Response Against Tuberculosis by Natural T Regulatory Cells

KM Quinn - 2007 - openaccess.wgtn.ac.nz
The causative agents of Tuberculosis (Tb), Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium
bovis, subvert a number of host immune mechanisms to promote persistence of infection in …