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Mycobacterium bovis BCG scar status and HLA class II alleles influence purified protein derivative-specific T-cell receptor V beta expression in pulmonary tuberculosis patients from southern India.
Infection and immunity - 1 Aug 2003
Shanmugalakshmi S, Dheenadhayalan V, Muthuveeralakshmi P, Arivarignan G, Pitchappan R M
Abstract excerpt
Purified protein derivative (PPD) RT23-recalled T-cell receptor (TCR) V beta expression was studied in the peripheral blood of 42 pulmonary tuberculosis patients and 44 healthy controls from southern India, a region where tuberculosis is endemic. Forty-eight-hour whole-blood cultures in the presence or absence of PPD-RT23 were set up, and at the end of the culture period total RNA was extracted and cDNA was...
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