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Tuberculosis
Research reports on tuberculosis from M.Y. Peng and colleagues provide new insights
September 30th, 2008
According to recent research published in the journal Cellular & Molecular Immunology, "Although it has been known that gamma delta T cells may play an important role in the immune response to infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the mechanisms by which the gamma delta T cells participate in the innate and/or acquired immunity to tuberculosis (TB) have not been full elucidated. In the present study, 27 patients with active pulmonary TB and 16 healthy donors (HD) were performed." "We found that proportion of IL-17-producing cells among lymphocyte was similar between TB patients and HD, whereas the proportions of gamma delta T cells in IL-17-producing...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-30)
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