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Pleural Effusion
Research from C. Prabha and colleagues has provided new data on pleural effusion
May 12th, 2009
"Tuberculous pleuritis is used as a model to understand the protective immune response in tuberculosis. It is predominated by Thl response at the site of infection, where a possible role for the leptin, a known enharicer of Thl response, could be speculated," scientists in Madras, India report. "Hence, we investigated leptin levels in pleural effusions in patients with both tuberculous (TP) and non-tuberculous (NTP) pleural effusion. Leptin and cytokine levels were assessed in serum and pleural fluid of TP and NTP patients (N = 20 each) by ELISA. Multivariate regression analysis were performed to find the possible determinants of leptin taking leptin as the dependent...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-05-12)
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