Natural killer cells are recruited during pulmonary tuberculosis and their ex vivo responses to mycobacteria vary between healthy human donors in association with …

D Portevin, LE Via, S Eum, D Young - Cellular microbiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Humans vary widely in their susceptibility to tuberculosis. While only a minority will progress
to disease, the majority of healthy individuals exposed to M ycobacterium tuberculosis …

Personalized medicine approach in mycobacterial disease

M Mirsaeidi - The International Journal of Mycobacteriology, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Mycobacterial diseases are a group of illnesses that cause a considerable number of deaths
throughout the world, regardless of years of public health control efforts. Personalized …

Association of KIR3DS1+ HLA-B Bw4Ile80 combination with susceptibility to tuberculosis in Lur population of Iran

F Shahsavar, T Mousavi, A Azargoon… - Iranian Journal of …, 2012 - iji.sums.ac.ir
Background: Natural killer (NK) cells are the effector cells of innate immunity that respond to
infection and tumor. Interactions between killer cell immunoglobulin like receptors (KIR) and …

Potential Implication of Activating Killer Cell Immunoglobulin‐Like Receptor and HLA in Onset of Pulmonary Tuberculosis

C Lu, XL Bai, YJ Shen, YF Deng… - Scandinavian …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Killer cell immunoglobulin‐like receptor (KIR) and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) play
crucial role in maintaining immune homoeostasis and controlling immune responses. To …