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Patterns of T and B cell responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane-associated antigens and their relationship with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients with latent tuberculosis infection

This study was aimed at exploring whether latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) contributes to the pathogenesis of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in a TB endemic setting. We screened 198 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with tuberculin skin test (TST) and studied 61 (median DAS28-ESR = 6.3)...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Shashi Kant, Arya, Suvrat, Singh, Ankita, Misra, Ramnath, Aggarwal, Amita, Sinha, Sudhir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34339423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255639