The Contribution of Non-Conventional T Cells and NK Cells in the Mycobacterial-Specific IFNγ Response in Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-Immunized Infants

BACKGROUND: The Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine is given to >120 million infants each year worldwide. Most studies investigating the immune response to BCG have focused on adaptive immunity. However the importance of TCR-gamma/delta (γδ) T cells and NK cells in the mycob...

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Autores principales: Zufferey, Christel, Germano, Susie, Dutta, Binita, Ritz, Nicole, Curtis, Nigel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24098583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077334

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