Peptides derived from the whole sequence of mycobacterial GroES heat shock proteins were tested for the ability to induce the proliferation of blood mononuclear cells from tuberculosis patients and se
The percentage of all lymph node leukocytes as well as the percentage of CD4+ or CD8+ cells expressing IL-4 was determined by intracellular flow cytometry in B6.WT (closed circles) and B6.CCR7-/- (ope
Mean (SEM) in pg/mL, n = 4.IFNγ/LPS matured DC were pulsed for 2 hours with OVA323–339 peptide at the indicated concentrations, and cocultured with naïve OT-II CD4+ lymphocytes. Supernatants were coll
Abbreviations: PPD: purified protein derivative; PHA: phytohemagglutinin; rESAT-6: recombinant ESAT-6; rCFP-10: recombinant CFP-10. Group A: TB patients who had a QFT-G reversion (positive to negative