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Phenolic glycolipid-I of Mycobacterium leprae induces general suppression of in vitro concanavalin A responses unrelated to leprosy type

Using a costimulant assay, in vitro Con A responses of patients across the leprosy spectrum were found to be markedly suppressed by phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I), a unique antigen of M. leprae. The degree of inducible suppression as well as the number of leprosy patients showing suppression of mitog...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1987
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2188247/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3540178