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Defective interleukin 2 production and responsiveness in human pulmonary tuberculosis

Patients with newly diagnosed, pulmonary tuberculosis had a tuberculin- specific defect in IL-2 production. Mean PPD-induced IL-2 activity was 81.2% lower in patients as compared with healthy tuberculin reactors. PPD-induced expression of T cell IL-2 receptors was 5.9 times less in peripheral blood...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1986
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2188106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2939169