Different Patterns of Cytokines and Chemokines Combined with IFN-γ Production Reflect Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection and Disease

BACKGROUND: IFN-γ is presently the only soluble immunological marker used to help diagnose latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) infection. However, IFN-γ is not available to distinguish latent from active TB infection. Moreover, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, such as tuberculous pleurisy, cannot b...

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Autores principales: Yu, Yang, Zhang, Yan, Hu, Shizong, Jin, Dongdong, Chen, Xinchun, Jin, Qi, Liu, Haiying
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044944

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3441719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044944

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