Immunology (TB)

Mycobacterial Antigens in TB Pleurisy Patients Characterized

Published in Vaccine Weekly, November 2nd, 1998

Researchers in Brazil investigated the effect of mycobacterial antigens in tuberculous pleurisy patients.

"Evaluating human immune response to defined Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in patients with different clinical forms of tuberculosis may help in elucidating pathogenesis and in vaccine development," S. Arruda and colleagues wrote ("Cell-Mediated Immune Responses and Cytotoxicity to Mycobacterial Antigens in Patients with Tuberculous Pleurisy in Brazil," Acta Trop, August 15, 1998;71(1):1-15).

"In the present report we evaluated the lymphocyte proliferation, cytokine production and natural killer cell cytotoxicity as parameters to...

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