[HTML][HTML] Epidemiologic evidence of and potential mechanisms by which second-hand smoke causes predisposition to latent and active tuberculosis

X Bai, SL Aerts, D Verma, DJ Ordway… - Immune …, 2018 - synapse.koreamed.org
Many studies have linked cigarette smoke (CS) exposure and tuberculosis (TB) infection
and disease although much fewer have studied second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure. Our …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related waning of immune responses to BCG in healthy children supports the need for a booster dose of BCG in TB endemic countries

E Whittaker, MP Nicol, HJ Zar, NG Tena-Coki… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In the absence of a more effective vaccine against TB and in the interest of developing one,
it is essential to understand immune responses associated with BCG protection. We …

[HTML][HTML] De Novo Fatty Acid Synthesis During Mycobacterial Infection Is a Prerequisite for the Function of Highly Proliferative T Cells, But Not for Dendritic Cells or …

P Stüve, L Minarrieta, H Erdmann… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of human tuberculosis, is able to
efficiently manipulate the host immune system establishing chronic infection, yet the …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency of Circulating CD4+Ki67+HLA-DR T Regulatory Cells Prior to Treatment for Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Can Differentiate the Severity of …

S Ferrian, M Ross, F Conradie, S Vally Omar… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Identifying a blood circulating cellular biomarker that can be used to assess severity of
disease and predict the time to culture conversion (TCC) in patients with multidrug resistant …

Blood tolerogenic monocytes and low proportions of dendritic cell subpopulations are hallmarks of human tuberculosis

V Dirix, V Corbière, C Wyndham-Thomas… - Journal of leukocyte …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background The immune mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of tuberculosis (TB)
need better understanding to improve TB management, as the disease still causes more …

[引用][C] Diagnosis of Active Tuberculosis with Immunochromatograhic TB Test in Suspected Tuberculosis Patients

A Gulzar, N Mahmood, F Muazzam - Medical Forum Monthly, 2018