Triggered Mycobacterium tuberculosis Heparin-Binding Hemagglutinin Adhesin Folding and Dimerization
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Differential T and B cell responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis heparin-binding hemagglutinin adhesin in infected healthy individuals and patients with tuberculosis.
Because only 10% of individuals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis will eventually develop disease, antigens that are recognized differently by the immune systems of infected healthy and diseased subjects may constitute potential vaccine candidates. Here, the heparin-binding hemagglutinin adhesin (HBHA) is identified as such an antigen. Lymphocytes from 60% of healthy infected individuals...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.01231-10