M. tuberculosis T Cell Epitope Analysis Reveals Paucity of Antigenic Variation and Identifies Rare Variable TB Antigens
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Background: CD4T-cell have a central role in protective immune responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) protein antigens, but function of these cells in response to M. tuberculosis total lipid antigens has remained unclear. The present study was undertaken to determine role of CD4 T cells in the MDR-TB patients against M. tuberculosis total lipid antigens. Materials and Methods...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell Host & Microbe
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1931-3128
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.10.008