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Aspergillosis
Data on aspergillosis described by researchers at University of Frankfurt
June 23rd, 2009
"Invasive aspergillosis remains a serious complication in patients undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Since it became clear that lymphocytes provide a critical secondary defense against fungi, adoptive transfer of functionally active anti-Aspergillus T cells might be an option to restore adaptive immune effector mechanisms," scientists writing in the journal Medical Mycology report. "Using the interferon (IFN)- secretion assay, we isolated human activated T cells upon stimulation with a cellular extract of Aspergillus fumigatus. After a culturing period for 14 days, we could characterize these cells as TH1 cells, which also proliferated upon...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-23)
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