Pathology (TB)

T-Helper Cytokine Production Examined in Tuberculosis

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 15th, 1999

A study from Italy examined in vitro production of type 1 and type 2 cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with different forms of tuberculosis.

The study was presented at the First International Congress on Cytokines/Chemokines in Infectious Diseases, held September 8-10, 1999, in Bethesda, Maryland.

Whether the prevalence of one of the two T-helper compartments (Th1 - Th2) may affect the amount and the type of lung involvement in tuberculosis patients is still controversial.

In this study, presented by G. Nunnari and colleagues from the University of Catania, 20 patients affected with pulmonary...

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